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<br />. <br /> <br />, <br />00lHR <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />11. Inasmuch as the additional power would be generated in plants <br />owned by the city or Colorado Springs and the neoessary pump5.hg opera- <br />tion would use suoh nunioipally- praduoed powElr. the most rlexible <br />arrangement would be ror Colorado Springs to construct aod operate the <br />pumps aod the transmissioo lioe or arrange ror the reimburs\)maot or <br />pC>/{e!:" revenues with the power company. <br /> <br />12. In addition to its lwdroeleotric use, wator rJ:'om Beaver Creek <br />is also used by irrig'l.tors ill the Penrose area aod ill t~ Arkansas <br />V'l.lley. Diversion or 2.700 acre-reet or that water to Colorado Spriogs <br />would necessitate replaoement. or re imbursemmt I or outri",ht purohase <br />or the irrigatioo water rights. No attempt las been made to determioe <br />too cost or outright purchase or the irrigation water rigli':;s, although <br />tlat possibility should be explored thoroughly wooo detaikdplans are <br />prepared. Instead, the cost or replacement water has been used in the <br />subsequent rinancial analysis. <br /> <br />13. The plan ror replaoement involves the constructio.ll or a diver- <br />sion dam on Oil !reek and a canal to the existing Brush Hollow Reser- <br />voir. Because or transportation an:! other losses it would be necessary <br />to obtain approximately 3,,200 acre-reet from Oil Creek to deliver the <br />replacement 2,700 aore-feet to the irrigAtors. This estimate is believed <br />conservuti Vet Too Oil Creek depletion in turn would require replaoe- <br />ment to satisry irrigation rights ror Oil Creek water now diverted rrom <br />the Arkansas River. Tlat replaoelOOnt could be erfected by uSe of water <br />imported by the first phase developmmt or the potential Gunnison- <br />ArkallSas Project.. <br /> <br />14. The preliminary financial analysis made to estimate the cost <br />of municipal water to the city of Colorado Springs under this plan in- <br />volves the rollcw5ng items: (a) pum.t>ing plant. peastock, substation, <br />pC>/{er for pumping and O.M. & R.. (b) diversion dum, too Oil Creek <br />Canal, and O.M. & R., and (c) the Gunnison-ArkallSas system oost for <br />3,200 aore-feet of munioipal water;. Alternative or addeq, oosts inci- <br />dent to replacellllnt, reimbursement, or purchase Of irrigation water <br />rights, oompensation for power losses, and/or severanoe damnges might <br />also be involved; however, detailed studies will be required to deter- <br />mine their Soope and extent. Too listed cost items assume that too <br />loss of power to the Skaguay plant would be replaced at that plant <br />rrom the Colorado Springs system by mans or a transmission line con- <br />structed 1:>y the city. Power for the pumping operation would be obtained <br />from tlat line. If that transmission lioe should not be constructed, <br />a special line would be required from the city system to the pump. <br />Basod upon a uniform system cost of munic ipal water rrom the initial- <br />phase Gunnison-Arkansas Projeot of $20 per acre-foot for the 3,200 <br />acre-feet of replacement water, an amortization or the construction cost <br />of the pUmpi.n[; and replaCement '::o'ltures over 40 years at 2-1/2 percent <br />interest, and annual O,M. & R., the price ror municipal water to Colora~ <br />do Springs under this pl.€<n wou).d be 10.5 co,,+;. per thQl san1 g~llonp. or <br />$34.25 per acre-foot. <br /> <br />5 <br />