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<br />A-27 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. .....".. <br />~bu.j <br /> <br />91 percent of the imports will be provided for in Turquoise <br /> <br />Lake and Twin Lakes. This water will be routed through the Mt. <br /> <br />Elbert Forebay and Pumped-Storage Powerplant for generation of <br /> <br />power and thI'Our;h the Otero Canal to the bifurcation works <br /> <br />above the Otero Powerplant. At the bifurcation, Homestake <br /> <br />water will be routed to the Homestake delivery system. The <br /> <br />Homestake Project will import nn averar;e of 62,900 acre-feet <br /> <br />nnnually when fully developed. <br /> <br />High Line Canal Corrq:>any and the Board of Water Works of Pueblo <br /> <br />own and operate a transmountain diversion system known as the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Busk-Ivanhoe system. Water is now diverted from upper Ivanhoe <br /> <br />Creek via Carlton Tunnel, an abandoned railway tunnel, to Busk <br /> <br />Creek and on to Turquoise Lake. Service-type contracts have <br /> <br />been executed with High Line Canal Company and the Board of <br /> <br />Water Works which provide for caI'I'iage of their western slope <br /> <br />water through Project facilities on an "if-and-when" available <br /> <br />basis, The High Line Canal Corrq:>any' s contract further provides <br /> <br />for storage of such transmountain water in Turquoise and Twin <br /> <br />Lakes and Pueblo Reservoir on an "if-and-when" capacity avail- <br /> <br />able basis. Busk-Ivanhoe water will be routed through Project <br /> <br />powerplants for power p;eneration. The quantity of water im- <br /> <br />ported for the Company and the Board of Water Works will aver- <br /> <br />age about 6,900 acre-feet annually. <br /> <br />. <br />