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<br />the Two Forks damsite and has undertaken other studies and surveys for <br />preliminary design purposes. The geologic explorations at the damsite <br />included the drilling of a small tunnel at each abutment to provide <br />visual inspection and to facilitate in-place testing of the rock. <br />The drilling, inspection, and testing programs to date lead to the <br />conclusion that geologic conditions are satisfactory for the proposed <br />thin arch concrete dam. It also appears that the dam and reservoir <br />can be constructed within the reconnaissance cost estimate of $71,634,000, <br />prices as of July 1964. <br /> <br />The Denver Water Board has expressed a desire for storage water <br /> <br />in the Two Forks Reservoir at an early date to protect against possible <br />shortages or restrictions in water use. In order to meet that date, <br /> <br />preconstruct ion activities would have to be initiated early enough to <br /> <br />allow five years for final designs and construction and three to five <br />years for filling the reservoir. <br /> <br />In view of the urgent need of the Two Forks Reservoir to provide <br /> <br /> <br />flood protection for Denver's key municipal water supply facilities in <br /> <br /> <br />and below the South Platte Canyon, the request by the Corps of Engineers <br /> <br /> <br />for flood control capacity in Two Forks Reservoir, the favorable geologic <br /> <br /> <br />and engineering findings to date, and the fact that preconstruct ion <br /> <br /> <br />investigations of the Chatfield Reservoir are currently being conducted <br /> <br /> <br />by the Corps of Engineers, immediate authorization of the Two Forks Dam <br /> <br /> <br />and Reservoir would enable the Bureau of Reclamation to prepare final <br /> <br />6 <br />