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<br />,.- - <br /> <br />... n~"" ~ <br />t:.O'"~) <br /> <br />FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />43 <br /> <br />Mr. Palmer coyered the point that the municipal water goes to <br />Colorado Springs. <br />That, briefly, gentlemeR, is an explanation of the project. I have <br />.not gone into specific amounts as we have gone along. :The power <br />system will have lJ, capacity of 123,900 kilowatts and WIll generate <br />on an average annual basis about 500 million kilowatt-hours. <br />Mr. CHENOWETH. Will the gentleman yield 1 <br />Mr. HALEY. Yes. <br />Mr. CHBNOWETH. 'Viii you explain the reregulating features of the <br />project in addition to the 69,000 acre-feet of new water! <br />Mr. OOILYIE. I will be happy to. The diversion is 69,100 acre-feet <br />on an average lLnnual bllsis. <br />In addition, there are some flood flows that occur on the Arkansas <br />River aRd which have done significant damage in the upper regions <br />of the riyer and purticular]y in the Pueblo area. There will be flood <br />flows accumulated here on the order of ahout 19,000 acre-feet. Then <br />historically in the valley below Puehlo because the water is available <br />in the winter months, the farmers in ti,e area extending from Pueblo <br />down towards Los Animas irrigate in the wintertime. They pour <br />that water on their lands during the winter months in order to ac- <br />cumulate ground moisture which then facilitates the early germina- <br />tion of their seeds and provide the early water requirements for their <br />crops. <br />By taking that water and storing it iR Pueblo Reservoir and not <br />irrigatiRg in the wintertime, it is then possible to make timely releases <br />durmg periods of critical need. They then have about 88,000 acre-feet <br />of water which they can put. on their crops at critical times when they <br />are dry and they need application of water and, as the Assistant Com- <br />missioner pointed out, the total water supply amounts to about two <br />irrigations of 3 inches each in the irrigation district. <br />~Ir. CHENOWETH. Thank you. <br />Mr. HALEY. 1111'. Palmer? <br />lIfr. PAL>lER. Yes, Mr. Haley. <br />Mr. HALEY. That line shows water coming out of Cannon City and <br />feeding' to Colorado Springs. What is t.he red line going out to the <br />next. t.own? <br />Mr. PALMEn. This is one point we did not mention. This line <br />going out here is part. of t.he transmission system that would distrib- <br />ute the energy generated by the powerplants. <br />Mr. HALEY. That is just the tmnsn11Ssion line other than the power- <br />plant itself, no water? <br />Mr. PALMER. No~ sir. No wat.er. In passing, let me also say at t.he <br />'l"E'sent. time the transmission grid as outlined on this map is cur~ <br />ently being reexamined in light {f the proposed Colorado River <br />, 'nnsmission grid nnd the lines th S'10W on here would not neces- <br />.garily prevail unless it is demonstra' d they are the cheapest possible <br />Jines to do the job. . <br />Mr. HALEY. Mr. Palmer, the proposed cost of this project is <br />$~()~,950,000. A1i. .ox. imately $1(),978,000 is nonreinlbursable. Is that. <br />nght!'. <br />Mr. PAL"ER.. ,/,sir, $16,~78,000, plus $1,930,000: It would be <br /><~pproxim"tely $1, 0,000. . <br /> <br />,., <br /> <br />r <br />