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<br /> <br /> <br />..... -- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />--. <br /> <br />The Windy Gap Project <br />The ProJecl. located two and <br />one-half miles west of Granby. <br />Colorado, conSists of a diversion dam. <br />a pumping plant. and a pipeline to <br />lake Granby. This system IS capable <br />01 delivenng an average of 48.000 <br />acre-feet of surplus water made <br />available dUring the runoff season <br />which occurs between April and July. <br />Dunng these periods of high flows <br />in the Colorado and Fraser Rivers. <br />waler IS pumped from the diverSion <br />dam to Lake Granby. Once there. It is <br />stored unlil capacity is available for <br />transmitting the water through the <br />Colorado-Big Thompson Project <br />(C-ST) facllilles to the Front Range <br />where It IS dlstnbuted to the particip- <br />ants in accordance with their water <br />allotment contracts. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />.J1 _.. <br /> <br />- <br />. <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Municipal Subdistrict <br />The Six Gilles. aher concluding thaI <br />the amount of work and expertise <br />necessary for success of the Project <br />reqUired a stronger organization than <br />they could provide Independently. <br />petitioned lor the formation of the <br />MuniCipal Subdlstnct. Northern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />NCWCD - The Northern ColoradO <br />Water Conservancy Dlstnct (NCWCD) <br />was established In 1937. Its original <br />charge was to promote and develop <br />the C-BT system and 10 distribute fhe <br />water supply developed by that <br />system to the water users within the <br />District boundaries. <br />The C.BT diverts and stores runoff <br />tram the headwaters of the Colorado <br />River and delivers J! to the waler users <br />of fhe District as a supplemental water <br />supply for agricultural. mUniCipal and <br />industrial purposes. <br /> <br />The C.BT system consistsol a total <br />of ten reservoirs, thIrteen dams. six <br />power planfs. three pumping plants. <br />the assocIated canals and waterways. <br />and the necessary control and <br />measurement faCilities. The Alva S <br />Adams Tunnel is the means of <br />conveYing thiS collected water 13.1 <br />miles through the Continental Divide <br />to the eastern slope. After leaving the <br />tunnel the water falls through six <br />power plants Installed as a part 01 the <br />system by the U.S. Bureau of <br />ReclamallOn (USSR). The sale of thiS <br />power helps to repay the costs of the <br />C-ST ProJect. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />