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<br />FRYING PAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO
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<br />for the sllllriflg of joint \\"ot,cr obligal.ions of the foul' SUttes. Tlte
<br />upper Colomoo River compnet was signed October 11, Hl48. slJhsc~
<br />fluently I"ot,ified by t.he upper hasin States and approved by the Con~
<br />gress. Full CDI1SUmmu tion of the apportioned uscs of Colorndg River
<br />water in the upper basin States, consistent wit.Ii the rights llnd obliga-
<br />t.ions of the compncts uwl the ?\1(~xieltn Trellty of 1945, would require
<br />const.J"uet.ioll of major regulntory rescnoil's in the upper bnsin.
<br />41. lVt'stcrn ii/Opt! f('.a[.-Ill'es.-~A system consisting of about 50 miles
<br />of ('unnIs ll11d tunnds would ('noble t.he collect,ioll of wnt.el' from Hunter
<br />Creek and the .Fl'yingpall Ri\'cr-hoth trihutaries of tIle ROfiring
<br />Fork River. The wnter so colledcd would he diverted t.o t.lte eastern
<br />slope through t.he potellt,inl Fryingpon-Al'kllnsns Tunnel, nhout. t) miles
<br />in length. Sincc 19;V), the Twin Lnkl's Resel'voir &- CunnI Co. has
<br />divel't.l'd western slope wnt('1' from t,he RO!ll'ing Fork drninngl~ t.o its
<br />reservoir on t.1w ensterll slope. The compnTlY has n legnl right t.o
<br />tlivert, more wutp.r thnu it IlIls diverted to dllte; but. slIeh increaserl
<br />diversions would \)p det.rimentill to tlsh~r.\; \'!llllcS in the ROfuiTlg -Fork
<br />River uHd its trihutflrit~s above Aspen. In order to prcserve those
<br />fishery vtducs the projed. plnn includcs nn extcnsion of the collection
<br />system to the South Fork uf Huntt~I' Creek and ('nlnl'gL'lllf'nt of other
<br />project facilities to permit. nn ('xehnnge of wnter with t.IH~ Twin Lakes
<br />Co. Thif' plnn hinges upon the pxecution of ngrCt>B1PHts wherehy the
<br />compnIl.V would refmin from ct'rtnin di\.('rsions through its own system
<br />whenevcr the nut-urnl flow of thl~ Hourin!! ~~oJ'k Riyer fulls bdow a
<br />specified minimum in pxdlllng-e for tin t'quivul(~ltt, ~upply d~~livel'cd on
<br />t.be enst.(~rll slopr t.hl'Ollgh pl'oj(~et fl1cilities. Th~ ('ost, of thesc spe(~ifie
<br />foeilitips lIlld (on hi rgcnwnts is estilllllted 11 t, $2,170,000 Hnd is considcl'Cll
<br />econornie!llly jUSl.ifillble hy the Fish Hnd \YildJifc Ser\'icc on t.he hnsis
<br />of l'eslllLiJlg hendits.
<br />42. The. ASIWI1 J{c~eJ'\'oir wOlild he const.ruetcd lieuI' t,he town of
<br />ASIWll to pf()\'ide repll1tt'mcJlt. Wl1tCI' nnd lllso to pro\'idl> water for
<br />fut:ul'e USE'- in llH'cting deIl1tlllds in Wt'S1crIl Colorndo. Th~~ resen.oil'.
<br />whieh would inundnte nbollt 65(\ 1.1Cl'eS t\nd IHl\"l~ nll rtl~ti\"t~ Cl1ptlt:ity of
<br />2Sl000 ucre-feet, would he cl'elltl~d hy 011 elll't,lI-fill durn nbollt 00 feet
<br />in hdght,. A short supply ennui wnuld divert. wnt.el' from Hunter
<br />Cree_k to UIe. I'Psen"oir.
<br />4:1. 'flu" Aspell DnIll sit(!'is nt- IIll ultit.ude of 8,017 fect. The
<br />colleetton s\'sl,t'lll for t.he t.mnslllounlnin di,'cl'sion would be l'ntirrlv
<br />abovc 1O,OllU feet nlt.it,ude. The. chief (~OT1st.l'\Ict.ion pl'oblt'IllS will b.i.~
<br />the short. working SPlLson nnd t.rIlIlspol't.nt.ion of mat.erials.
<br />44. The west.erll slopt~ feat,ul'('~ would rnuble t.lw ~lSCl'llge nllIllud
<br />diYt~r~ion of an cst,imnt~d f,9,200 atTt'-fet~t. nf pI'Ojl~et. W~ltl~r. As n.
<br />rcsult. of t'nst.l~rn slope stol'ng-l' to lJe }JJ'O\'idl1d by the pl'ojeet, about
<br />14,900 ueJ'~-f(~t'l, of wnter eould also he diq'l'tp(1 llIllllhdlv by thp. Twin
<br />Lukt'5 Co., which (~nllllot now bl, (Iin~rted for Jnek of st,ornge ellpncity.
<br />This would be in nddit.ioll to its pl'rst~lIt. n'.(~l'nge divCl'sioll of ;_~8,OOO
<br />nel'l~-ft'('t,. -
<br />45. Eil-str'n/: slope supply and }I(Jwa .fentlll'('.<".-III round figures, the
<br />mojoI' POtL'Ill,1U1 t'nst.ern slope pl'Ojeet, fncilit.ies illcl\l(I(. thl"(>e (~nrLh-filJ
<br />d~IIHS, GO miles of power ('llfUtl mnging in c'HllIleit,y from :100 to 1.000
<br />SI~('nlH\-ft~et., t.hn',e divl.\l':"-iol\ dams, oY~~r 10 miles of l\i......l:1'5iol\ canals,
<br />sun'n hvdl'o-cll~r.ll'ic- power- plunts Hud switelIYltnls, t.hrr.~ smull fol'c-
<br />hays un.;' t,\\'o ufl.erhuys, nirw gUbsl-llt,ioHS, about, 40n mile~ of t,rnns-
<br />mi'ssioIl line) III.Hill !l11lllieipnl \~.at.~1" supply ~yst(:'m. The Int.ter syst,em
<br />includ~~ Oll(' dl\'el'~lOn dam, ],) miles of I'CS(~lTOlr supply cil.'llll f!"lr irri-
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