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<br /> <br /> <br />The sp,'lwaycrestls 345 feel In length and has <br />a 32.4 to cub<C.feer per second ma!llmum <br />CapaCIty <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />I I <br /> <br />'-1 <br />J <br /> <br /> <br />The W'ndy Gap PrO/OCI,s or>erated from tf1e control center In Loveland (shown here) The Wmdy <br />Gap operafiOns center 1$ used only m /he evenl of a breakdown .11 Loveland <br /> <br />override the electronic system If <br />necessary . <br /> <br />Into The Future <br />The foresight which Subdistrict <br />citizens have exhibited has helped to <br />ensure that the Front Range will have <br />sufficient water to allow for sound <br />economiC development and to <br />forestall the removal of water from the <br />agncultural base within northeastern <br />Colorado_ <br />Although Windy Gap may be one of <br />the last prOjects to divert water from <br />the Western Slope to the Front Range. <br />the NCWCD and MunicIpal SubdIstrict <br />will continue to work toward the sound <br />development and management of <br />water supplies needed to assure <br />stable economic conditlOns within <br />northeastern Colorado. <br />We must continue to recognize the <br />vulnerability of the economy of thiS <br />area to sustained drought periods and <br />plan for the storage needed to protect <br />against drought. The 20 year lead time <br />for development of water storage <br />mandates that we conllnue to thmk <br />and plan far Into the future. <br /> <br /> <br />Operations Control <br />The Windy Gap Project is operated <br />from an operations control center <br />located in the District office m <br />Loveland. To perform thiS complex <br />task a state-of.the-art computer-based <br />superviSOry control and data acquisi- <br />lion (SCADA) system was Im- <br />plemented by Systems Control of Palo <br />Alto, California. <br />Informallnn IS conveyed about the <br />functioning of the Project from the <br />pumping plant to the control center via <br />a microwave commumcahon system. <br />The computer system selects the level <br />of operation which will maXimize the <br />amount of water dIverted while <br />minimiZing power costs and meeting <br />the constraints established in the <br />Settlement Agreement. <br />In an emergency situation, if the <br />controls in Loveland were to be <br />rendered Inoperative. operations <br />would automatically be transferred to <br />the control center at the pump plant. <br />In the event of total failure of the <br />electronic backup systems the plant <br />would automatically shut Itself down. <br />Plant operators can also manually <br />