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<br />MUNICIPAL.INDUSTRIAL WATER
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<br />Municipal supplies have been an important
<br />aspect in the distribution of project water. Orig-
<br />inally 9 communities had allotments totaling
<br />44,950 acre-feet. Eleven communities now re~
<br />ceive full or supplemental supplies. Each year
<br />as urban population increases, irrigation allot~
<br />ments are transferred to domestic purposes.
<br />The depe.ndable availability of water con-
<br />tinues to attract a variety of significant indus-
<br />tries, adding to the economy of the area and
<br />providing career opportunities_ especially for
<br />youth.
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<br />As the Nation's principal conservation
<br />agency, the Department of the Interior
<br />has basic responsibilities for water,
<br />fish, wildlife, inineral, land, park,
<br />and recreational resources.
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<br />Indian and Territorial affairs
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<br />American's "Department of Natural
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<br />IRRIGATION
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<br />Project crops during recent years averaged
<br />$136 gross value per acre and $97,934,383 in
<br />total value. The accumulated gross crop value
<br />exceeded $1% billion in 1969. Production is
<br />varied and well balanced. Much of it is fed to
<br />livestock, which provides an annual income of
<br />more than $300 million.
<br />During the 1954 drought, the project sup-
<br />plied 300,352 acre-feet of supplemental water
<br />which produced $22 million worth of the $41
<br />million crops grown. Without project water-
<br />the area would have suffered a far-reaching
<br />catastrophy.
<br />The valley's 6,000 irrigated farms support
<br />about 250,000 people, and is a basis of an as-
<br />sessed district property valuation which soared
<br />from $120 million in 1937 to more than $623.8
<br />million by 1970.
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<br />POWER
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<br />From the eastern portal of the Adams Tun-
<br />nel, the water descends about 2800 feet to the
<br />foothills. Nearly every foot of the "head" is
<br />used for generation of hydroelectric power.
<br />Gross generation averages 760 million kilowatt-
<br />hours, of which 70 million KWH are used by
<br />project pumps and 690 million KWH are mar-
<br />keted to 9 rural electric cooperatives and 11
<br />cities in Colorado, and serves about 325,000
<br />people in rural areas and in small cities.
<br />The water and power control center for the
<br />13ureau',s z:eseryoirs..1 pqw.explaJlts,_.and. .,t;rans-
<br />riiisswil llUe"s. in 'Wyoiltillg, Colorado, and west-
<br />ern Nebraska is at the project headquarters,
<br />Loveland. This Western Division of the Mis-
<br />souri River Basin is an interconnected system
<br />of 16 Bureau powerplants and 392,500 KW of
<br />installed capacity. The Bureau system has 13
<br />interconnections with other utilities with which
<br />power exchanges may he made. In 1969 West-
<br />ern Division power sales amounted to 2.17 bil-
<br />lion KWH, with a combined maximum demand
<br />of 483,000 KW, and revenues of $12.47 million.
<br />Construction costs allocated to power facili~
<br />ties, $61 million, will be repaid with interest.
<br />Power will also repay $72 million of the irriga-
<br />tioncosts.
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<br />U,S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
<br />Walter J. Hickel, Secretary
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<br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
<br />Ellis L. Armstrong. Commissioner
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<br />VISITORS WELCOME
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<br />Free guided tours are conducted at Granby
<br />Pumping Plant for summer visitors. Tours
<br />of Estes Powerplant are also available
<br />for groups.
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<br />FREE MOVIE
<br />Color-Sound 16mm - 27 min.
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<br />"THE BARRIER BETWEEN"
<br />(History-development_ C. BT Project)
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<br />Write to:
<br />Engineering and Research Center, 922
<br />~ll;I'eauof.a.,eclamation._ ,_ ,.,._
<br />-- Bldg.:.6'7", Denver Federal Center
<br />Denver, Colorado 80225
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<br />For further infonnation, contact:
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<br />Regional Director, Region 7
<br />Bureau of Reclamation
<br />Bldg. 20, Denver Federal Center
<br />Denver, Colorado 80225
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