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<br /> <br />---- <br /> <br /> <br />The fI'st 3,()()() feel 01 pipe 's sreello betler <br />wlrhsland/he wate, pressure commg out of Ihe <br />pt;mpmg plant <br /> <br />Impact studies, acqUisition of rights-of- <br />way, and legal and accounllng <br />expenses. <br />They were Issued In lhe aggregate <br />ptincipal amount of $3.000.000 dated <br />AugusI1,1977. <br />SERIES B Bonds were issued 10 <br />finance actual conslruction costs of <br />the ProjeCl.lO make required deposits <br />into various reserve funds, 10 defease <br />the Series A Bonds, and to pay costs <br />of the issuance of the Series B Bonds, <br />The aggregate pnncipal amount for <br />these Bonds was $84.250,000. <br />SERIES C Bonds were issued <br />mainly for lhe purposes of refunding at <br />lower interest rates the Subdlstricfs <br />oustanding Series B Bonds, and <br />providing $5.200.000 to complete the <br />cost of constructing Windy Gap. These <br />Bonds pnmarily served to lower the <br />annual payments each allottee must <br />make to amortize the ProJecl. <br />These Bonds were issued in Ihe <br />aggregate prinCipal amount of <br />$107.445.000 <br /> <br />Construction <br />Construction on the Project offIcially <br />began with the groundbreaking <br />ceremony on July 11, 1981. ending 17 <br />years of planning and negoliaMn, <br /> <br /> <br />The four FrancJS vertical shatr pumps and molors lowenng over /he marn floor of Ihe plant were <br />shipped to Wmdy Gap In pieces and aSSembled on Site <br /> <br />The Project was completed, lested <br />and became operational in lhe spring <br />of 1985. <br /> <br />Dedication <br />Windy Gap was offiCially dedicated <br />on June 29, 1985. in lhe ptesence of <br />450guests from bolh the Front Range <br />and Western Slope of Colorado who <br />came to celebrate the fruits oflheir <br />cooperaMn. <br />During the hour-long ceremony at <br />the pump plant. all present were <br />thanked for their continued support of <br />the project and their faith in the fact <br />that Windy Gap would eventually be <br />completed. <br />Keynote speaker Rep. Hank Brown, <br />who also addressed the crowd at the <br />1981 groundbreaking ceremony. <br />praised Ihe abilillesof Subdistrict and <br />Western Slope leaders who brought <br />Windy Gap to successful completion. <br />thus saving 48.000 acre-feet of water <br />annually for use by Colorado reSidents. <br /> <br />Physical Features <br />The Windy Gap dam IS 27 feet high <br />and 5.580 feet long. It holds 320 <br />acre-feet of waler and the reservOir <br />covers approximately 106 acres of <br />land. <br />The pumping plant consists of four <br />pumps which lie 15 feet below the <br />anginal riverbed. Capable of discharg- <br />ing 600 cublc-leet per second (cIs) of <br />water into the pipeline. these pumps <br />are powered by four 12.000 horse- <br />power electric motors. <br />The bUried plphne is nine leet In <br />diameter and 31.000 feet long. <br />stretching from WlOdy Gap up to Lake <br />Granby. It has the capaclly to carry the <br />entire 600 cfs capaclly of the pumps. <br />The IOlet structure at Lake Granby <br />IS 425 feet long. with 65 feet viSible <br />when the lake is lull. It has two barrels <br />and handles the 440 cfs IOflow from <br />WIt!owCreek on the C-BT system and <br />the 600 cfs inflow from Windy Gap <br />SImultaneously. <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />