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<br />3438 <br /> <br />Spinney Mountain Reservoir, water is transported via the South Platte <br />River to the Strontia Springs Dam located southwest of Denver. Water is <br />diverted from the South Platte River at Strontia Springs and transported <br />by pipeline to Aurora's Rampart Reservoir, where it is released for <br />treatment and distribution. <br /> <br />Also at the bifurcation point, Colorado Springs' water is delivered to <br />the Colorado Springs system via a 48" pipeline, shown on Attachment 9. <br />It is placed in terminal East Slope storage either at Rampart Range <br />Reservoir or the City's reservoir system on the north slope of Pikes <br />Peak, for subsequent release for treatment and distribution. <br /> <br />Average annual diversions of the Homestake Phase I have been approximately <br />28,000 acre feet. Missouri Tunnel, Homestake Reservoir, Homestake <br />Tunnel, Mount Elbert Conduit, Otero Pump Station, Homestake Delivery <br />Pipeline and Spinney Mountain Reservoir have all been sizeu in anticipation <br />of the development of Homestake Phase II, as well as other conditional <br />water rights not proposed for development at this time. Significant <br />funds have been spent to accommodate the additional water development. <br /> <br />In 1956, the United States Forest Service approved the development of <br />the Homestake Project along the lines of the original ROW filing. <br />Recognizing that water demand would not likely support the development <br />of the entire Homestake Project at 'one time, the Cities have always <br />planned to construct the project in phases. Phase I was completed in <br />1966 and Phase II is now being initiated. <br /> <br />Since the construction of Phase I, the National Forest area surrounding <br />the Phase II ROW has been designated as a wilderness area. That designation <br />was with the explicit exemption of this water project. Without such <br />exemption, this water project would have been automatically prohibited <br />under the provisions of the 1964 Wilderness Act and subsequent federal <br />legislation. No further development within the Holy Cross Wilderness is <br />presently contemplated by the Cities. <br /> <br />Other sources of existing supplies of water for each community are as <br />follows: <br /> <br />Colorado Springs <br /> <br />Average Annual <br />Acre Feet <br /> <br />Pikes Peak Watershed <br />Northfield <br />South Suburban-Rosemont <br />Pinello Ranch <br />Blue River Project <br />Twin Lakes Project <br />Fryingpan-Arkansas <br /> <br />12,000 <br />600 <br />4,100 <br />1,400 <br />11,900 <br />24,700 <br />14,400 <br />69,100 <br /> <br />6 <br />