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<br /> <br />_. <br />'.' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br />r! <br />~ <br />.. <br /> <br />"'" <br /> <br />C'on - <br />vlll..... <br /> <br />DenTe!'", C".olor"iotfu <br /> <br />July 16, 191,9 <br /> <br />To: Steering COlIWd.tteo, mue-south Ple.tw &."d Gunn1scn-Arkan... 'P; '''I~te.tS, <br />Colorado <br />Policy and Review Coamittee, Initial PhMe, GunniaorP-.lrkanu.s ~ <br />Project, Colorado <br /> <br />Frao. <br /> <br />Enil-neerinc Mrt.ory Coal. tt.ee <br /> <br />SubJ.ct. Storage capacity to be provided in Aspen a.s.,...,ir s1te _ Initial <br />Ph&Be Gunn1Son-"rDnaaa Project, Colorado. <br /> <br />1. At the !lay z5. 1949 "".ting of the Policy and lien.... Coaunttee, <br />an Fngineering Advisor,' C0IIIlI.1ttee ....s appointed to reTiew pnviou.s studio. <br />to determine the capaclt,. that should be proTided in tn. Aspen reseM"Oir <br />CI"l the Roaring Fork to meet the replac8IIent need. ot the Initial Phase <br />GunnisOJl-Arkansas Project and tor other purposes. tb. Comnitt.. (with <br />the 'exceptim ot lIr. F. C. Ilerriell) aet in Denver, Colorado, on Jul.,. b, 1918, <br />and again (with the exception of 1Ir, R. J. Tipton) on July 16, 191,9. 1Ir. <br />Tipton haa been cont.cted by mail ot the results ot the calcul.t1cns and <br />ha.s upreseed hie general coneurre:nce therein. Ho".ver, h. Tlpt.on ..., not <br />present at the meeting where ~ recommendations were formulated. <br /> <br />2. Tn:) project contemplates the di..-erslOD. or the tol101d.ng quant.ities <br />ot water trOll the Colorado Ri....r watershed to the Arkansas Rinr Basim <br /> <br />(a) The existing Independence Pass (Trin Lake, Canal Ill1d <br />Reservoir Corupany) Tur.nel would increa,e its dl...ralcn to an <br />average of 52,800 acre-teet annually trom the Ro&r1ng Fork abo.... <br />.Aspen. <br /> <br />(b) Th. Initial Ph... Gumi.on-.Ark""".. Proj.ct would dlv.... <br />an _'"rag. or 58,000 ac~teet annually trea F1'")'1na Pan Creek and <br />Hunter Creek, trlbutariea of the Roaring Fork between .l..!pe.n and <br />Gleuwood Springs. <br /> <br />). ltuch ot the watl!r to be d1Terted b7 the traJUlllOtnt.ain d1'Y8rsicns <br />described in the preceding parac"P'l occurs in nood months and 1e swpl'l::5 <br />80 tar &8 the preseat and prospective tuture va.. in the Colorado Rher <br />'fttershed in Colorado are concerned.. H01N"fer, part of the water p:-opo..d <br />to be d1 ,..rted oecun in the low .tar H&SCI'l and would need be replacif:d <br />for uses in Western Colorado. The er1t.1cal period tor detena1nat1on ot <br />r.p1ae_ storeg. requ1r..."ts oeeun bet..."" the 193b and the 1935 nood <br />Masons. 'thb period. n.a detenlined troa .. st\ld;r of the Io-y.ar dry period <br />1931 to 19~ ineluo1n, particularly the dry ....on. of 1934-35, 1939-40, <br />and 19itl-41. In the 1Z-..mh per1.od, Jun. 1934 to Ilay ;;'9)5, !nch.h., <br />tJ\. proposed d1wrslC1bs are ut1aat.Jd to be as tallO"lnn <br /> <br />