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to Dillon; and tn~ee 200 kv-a, single phase, 69/2.3 kv transformers for serving the camp, dam, and power plant station service. Colorado River Improvements.--Regulation ,of Colorado Riv~r 'flows at the newly created Granby Reservoir affects the streamfl6..;{:;bet~leen Granby Reservoir and the mouth of Blue River. Provisions for 'the preservation of vested and future rights of water users along this, section of the river inel-ude improvements to safeguard water, supplies for irrigated lands, municipalities, and fish and wildlife. gead~ works for 16 existing ditches were repaired and improved, and"canal systems and' dikes were built for the irrigation of meadow lands " along the river. Along the lower reaches of.the improvement are~, where the Colorado River under natural conditions provides for itri- gati~n of the meadows by overflow arid flooding, seven pumping units were .installed in corrugated-metal-pipe sumps with pipe intakes ., 'leading frail) the river. Plans to provide an alternate domestic water supply for the town of Hot Sulphur Springs were terminated, bY"lllUtual agreement, with a cash settlement. Municipal water supplies for the town "of Kremmling have not been impaired by project develop- ment. Improvements are being provided for the protection of fish and wildlife against streamflow depletions resulting from regulation of the river. Colorado River Collection and Storage System This system includes facilities for the collection and delivery of project waters to Grand Lake for diversion to the Eastern Slope. Component features provide for the diversion of Willow Creek water to Granby Reservoir, the regulation and storage of Colorado River water, the pumping and transporting of divertible waters from Granby Reservoir to Grand Lake, and the diversion of North Fork waters to Grand Lake. Granby Re'servoir. located on the Colorado River about five miles northeast of Granby, covers an area of 7,256 acres and pro- vides 544,900 acre-feet of storage capacity, ~ncluding 467,500 acre- feet of active oapacity for operation of the Granby Pumping Plant and 77,400 acre-feet below the elevation of the pump intakes. Prior to being exported to the Eastern Slope, nearly all project waters are stored in this reservoir. Completion of the reservoir included construction of Granby Dam and Dikes, relocating eight miles of: State Highway No. 280 and 14 miles of telephone line, and raising two miles of U. S. Highway No. 34 at low places along the west shore line of the reservoir. The Granby Dam and Dikes (19L.l-1942 and 1946-1949) are earth and rockfill type structures. The dam, located on the Colorado River about It miles below the mouth of the South Fork7 has a maximum height of 300 feet above foundation, a crest length of 930 feet, and a volume of 2,983,853 cubic yards. Its crest at elevation 8290.5 is topped by a concrete parapet and curb and is traversed by relocated 10