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<br /> <br />A-25 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" """.!!',.-: <br />. )'," ," . <br />~}w~..:.:.. <br /> <br />j. Complete water and sewer system to serve this entire area. <br /> <br />k. Electrical pewer to serve the entire area. <br /> <br />7. Pllrpose <br /> <br />Twin Lakes Dam ane Reservoir is beinf, enlarGed to provide for <br /> <br />storaEe and regulation of Prcject i'lnd other waters. Twin Lakes <br /> <br />\?ill supply some regulation of water for supplementa.l irriga- <br /> <br />tion to ",bout 280,600 acres of existinf, cultivated land in the <br /> <br />Arkansas Valley, and help ref,ulate municipal and inclustrial <br /> <br />water for Coloraeo Springs, Pueblo and other Ark,mscts Valley <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />communities. Storage in Twin Lakes will continue to be pro- <br /> <br />vided to the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company in accord- <br /> <br />ance to its storage rights. Public recreation facilities will <br /> <br />be planned, developed and administered by the Forest Service. <br /> <br />Twin Lakes will <11so serve as an afterbay to the Mt. Elbert <br /> <br />Pumped-Storage Powerplant and control releases to the Otero <br /> <br />Callal and Powerplant, <br /> <br />Twin Lakes EnlarGement will enh2Ilce fish and wildlife values <br /> <br />by providing 692 adcition<:ll surface acres of water at the top <, <br /> <br />of the active conservation pool .:tncl create a new pool of 279 <br /> <br />surface acres of water in the Mt. Elbert Forebay. This will <br /> <br />provide an increase of 34,500 man days of fishinz. <br /> <br />. <br />