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" 0998 ij , I 7. Using figures suggested by Messrs. Powell, Christy, and Hoper, the prospective demands for municipal water supply from the Gunnison- Arkansas Project are summarized in the following table. The exact amount to be secured from the initial phase of development wi 11 depend upon the judgement of the subscribers 'regarding the availability of water from later phases of the project. (Figures are acre-feet per year) Minimum Probable Use by Inmediate. Future Demand from First Phase Valley Towns 8,000 13,000 8,000 Pueblo 3,000* 18.000* 3,000* Colorado Springs 4,000 20,000 4,000 Total 15,000 51,000 15,000 *In addition, storage regulation will make usable about 2,000 acre-feet annually imported throu~ wurtz ditch. 8. The possible sources of water supply from the Gunnison-Arkansas Project to the City of Colorado Springs were discussed and the project works needed to deliver such water to Colorado Springs were pointed out to the committee cn the project map. Basically, the City is to be supplied from Beaver Creek and Oil Creek wi th water so diverted to be replaced in the Arkansas Valley by exchange vlith project water. With such exchanges, it is es,timated that "'ater could be diverted to Colorado Springs as follows (presented in Grder of costs, with least expensive water tabulated first): Source of Water Pumping 150' from Beaver Creek to present city pipeline Acre-feet par year 2,700 High elevation diversion from Oil Creek to Beaver Creek, thence through existinl!, city pipeline 2,000 Diversion from Beaver Creek below Skagway Reservoir to new 26" pipeline to city 10,300 J~. Powell informed the group that there are inadequate records of streamflov, and present uses to state definitely that the suggested diversion of 2,000 acre-feet from Oil Creek cnn be made, vnthout purchase of existing rights for use along that creek. Hence, the tota.l quantity divortible by exchange from the Gunnison-Arkansas Project will ranGe fro," 13,000 to 15,000 acre-feet. 3