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4010 . The total storage capacity of the six project dams and reservoirs is 748,581 acre-feet. Summarized statistics of Project storage dams and reservoirs are shown on Table II-I. There are 18 diversion dams and diversion structures on the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project, 16 on the West Slope and two on the East Slope. Of the 16 diversion structures on the western slope, six diversions are on the South Side Collection System, nine diversions are on the North Side Collection System, and the Fryingpan Diversion Dam is located on the main stem of the Fryingpan River. The two diversion structures located on the East Slope of the Continental Divide are Halfmoon Diversion Dam on Halfmoon Creek south of Leadville, Colorado, and the Fountain Valley Diversion Structure on the Arkansas River just below Canon City, Colorado. Diversion dam capacities and minimum bypass requirements are shown on Table 1I-2. The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project will require construction of the Otero Canal, which is 5.5 miles long, including 5.0 miles of open canal, 0.2 mile of buried conduit, and 0.3 mile of tunnel. It will transport water from Twin Lakes Reservoir to the Otero Powerplant. A total of 10 tunnels having s combined length of 27.2 miles are included in the project plan. These tunnels are listed in Table 1I-3. The three tunnels on the South Side Collection. System extend west to southwest of the upper reach of the Fryingpan River toward Aspen, Colorado. There are. five tunnels on the North Side Collection System. Four of these tunnels extend generally north along the West Slope of the Continental Divide from the upper reach of the Fryingpan River. The fifth, Granite Adit, is a short section of tunnel connecting Granite Siphon to Nast Tunnel. . The Charles H. Boustead Tunnel runs through the Continental Divide from the upper Fryingpan River into Turquoise Lake. The Otero Tunnel is on the Otero Canal alinement between Twin Lakes Dam and the Otero Powerplant on the north shore of Clear Creek Reservoir. For this statement, all buried pipe and box sections constructed by cut and backfill methods are considered under the general category of conduits and includes feeder conduits, siphons, and municipal and industrial water conduits, having a combined length of 281.5 miles. Most of these conduits are short and consist primarily of stream crossings and feeders from diversion structures to the collection systems. The Mt. Elbert Conduit is the longest conduit in the con- veyance system (10.6 miles) and consists of a series of free flow and pressure pipe (siphon) sections. It connects Turquoise Lake and the Mt. Elbert Forebay. . II-I,