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<br />0'01455 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />36. A preceding tabulation shows that the annual suppcrt needed <br />from power revenues to lJIaet all allocated costs fer new lams under the <br />dual~purpose South Platte Riwr plan was $62.29 per acre i. contrast <br />with $14.92 per acre for lands in the Arkansas Valley proper under till <br />maximum gravity phase of the Gunnison-l.rkansas Projeet. The Gunnison- <br />arkansas power support of $14.92 per ac.re when applied to 12,000 acres <br />of new Fountain Valley land s would amount to ~10, 100,000 in 60 years <br />without interost.. In contrast, the power support of $62.29 per acre <br />per year for dewlopJOOnt under the dual-purpose South Platte J:(iver <br />plan wnm oapitalized on t he same basis total $44,800.000. These <br />capitalized amounts are for illustration only and neither can be con- <br />sidered as a justifiable equivalent irrigation investmmt in the Foun- <br />'liai-n Valley because other financial factors are involved. Those <br />fo.ctors includo costs of replaoement water or outright purchase of <br />water rights, the effeot of multiple~purpose development. annual oosts, <br />anI repcwment s by irrigators and the oonservc.!loy district.. The oom';' <br />parison indicates. lli-wever. the need tor examining the possibilities <br />of a more economical developnnnt than that which oould be obtained from <br />tho South Platte River. <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />37. Based upon available data and limited reconnaissance, three <br />ph us appear favorable for providing Colorado Springs solely wi ih <br />m',).nicipal water. Two dual~purpose plans to provide the oity with <br />nr,,~icipal water and the Fountain Valley with irrigation water for new <br />lanjs. a.re also desoribed in this st1Xly. Of the two dual-purpose <br />plans, one suggests examination of possibilities for tla development <br />and utilization of Fountain River water without importations from the <br />South PJAtte River, although no finanoial allllysis of a specifio plan <br />has been developed. Summarized data on tho plans are presented in <br />the tabulation on the following page. <br /> <br />38. Unless irrigation water rights can be purcho.sed, it appears <br />tJ:>L.t tla city of Colorado Springs must look to importation of Colorado <br />Rive~' water for irrigation supplies to replace water divertible for <br />municipal uses. Of the 4.000 aore-feet of municipal water- needed <br />immediately by the CJ_ty, it would be possible to provide 2,700 acre_ <br />feot from Middle Beaver Croek. subject to satisfactory solutions of <br />po"m; losses at the ['~CQgU(iY hydroelectric plant and roplaceoont <br />prc;,ioms. Additional murrLoipal supplie s excoeding 2,100 acre-feet <br />involve largor and more oontly.workB that could be economically. <br />justified only by greater quantities of water--approxinntoly 10.300 <br />acre-feot from Lower Beaver Creek and/or approximately 7,000 acre- <br />foet from the South Platte Rivar. As an alternative to tla Beaver <br />Creek and the South Plo. tte Rhur diver sions, considerut ion shou ld be <br />Eiven to tho t:tilization of Fo.mtfdn Rivar w\l-te~ 1'01' municipal und <br />possibly for irrjgatiC'n supplies. . <br /> <br />Ill. <br />