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<br />1719 <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br /> <br />gation replacement water, three pumping plllnts, one small regulating <br />reservoir, one t.reatment plant, and about 175 miles of pipelines. <br />Other structures and equipment would be required for const.ruct.ioll <br />find operatioIl such us one permanent eamp, caretakers' residences <br />and shops, warehous(~s, const.nlCtion camps, offices and laboratories, <br />find a communicat,ions system. <br />46. Imported and native water would be stored first in an enlarged <br />Sugar Loaf Reservoir 011 the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River. Re- <br />leases would /low ahout 20 miles south in the Elhert section of the <br />Arkansas power eal1al, then through the Elbert bydl'Oeleetrie powel' <br />plul1t und into t,he enlarged Twin Lakes Reservoir, The 10-mile <br />~nowrlen ennui woulcl divert additional Arkansas River water into t.he <br />Twin Lakes Reservoir. From there, t.he wateJ'-increased by tribu- <br />tary interceptions and by the \Vnpnco diversion from t,he river-would <br />flow south some 40 miles in tlte ArknBsas power canal and be returned <br />to the main st.ream near Salida, Power would be generated en rout,e <br />in the Granitp" WapneD, Princeton. JOIUlSUH, UII(.1 511lida hydroelectric <br />pO\\'er plants, Forebays would be provided abovl~ the Princeton, <br />~TollTIson, and Salida plants, The existing Clear Creek Reservoir <br />(cupaeit,y nbout 11,400 acre-feet) would be u'[,lpted for use as an <br />aftcrbay for t,he Gl'llnitc power plant,. An afterbny woulrl be provided <br />on the Arkansas Rivt~r for the Salidn, plant. Neal' Salida and Calloll <br />City sonw wat,cr might he diverted for irrigation. The remainder <br />would cont,inue down the river to trhe potentia.l Pueblo Reservoir. <br />!\10st of the supplemental inigat,ioll releases from that, f{lscrvoir would <br />be made through the Puehlo hy,lroeleetric power plaut. <br />47. Summariz.cd data on t.}w t.hree mnjor casteI'll slope dum~ nnd <br />reservoirs arc fiS follows: <br /> <br /> I <br /> POlCllti::l.l d[m~nslons <br /> Present <br />Dll.DlOrrCSllrvolr reSf'rvnlr <br /> cnp'lCil>' Totn] Actiw N[}rmalsur. Hei~ht <br /> (acro-feet) capJ.cit>' CilP:lcity lace tlrea ofdllm <br /> (ucre-fl'et) (ll.cre.ll'ct) (o.crt':s) (rl'etl <br />Sugllr Lo"l__.u___________._.___________._ 17,000 11 '1, (){}I) l!7,OOO 1.,5.50 '" <br />'rwin L~kes__________________.__________._ :i5,000 2r.0,000 260,000 4,100 10> <br />Pueblo..______..____________. --.-..------ ,", --.----- 400,000 390,000 6.700 180 <br /> -- -- <br />TOltd_________.____ ..----.---------- 73,000 777,000 707,000 12,410 ------------ <br /> <br />48. TJIe Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp., owner and operlltor of the <br />Sugar Loaf Rcservoir, has informally requested 10,000 acre-feet of <br />project rescrvoir storage space in addit,ion to replacement of it.s present <br />capurity. The Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. has made a silllilnr <br />request for 54,000 acre-feet of Iluditiunal reservoir storage space, <br />Both companies would pn:v a sen~ico charge. Cnpacities of, tbe <br />potential East.ern Slope reservoirs have been tentatively onllocnted <br />as follows: <br /> <br />Function: <br /> <br />~~~~:c~~~~~~~i;,~~;~:~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::.::::::::::::: <br /> <br />Sediment cont.rol (Pueblo Res.)______________~_________________ <br />Dead storage (Pucblo ne~,)______________~____________________ <br />Colorado FllI~1 & Iron Corp~____.____________._________~_____~_ <br />Twin La.kes Co__ _________________.___.___.___________.~__ <br /> <br />Acr!l-.fut <br />315, 600 <br />135,000 <br />93, 000 <br />94,400 <br />2,000 <br />27.000 <br />1l0,000 <br />~ <br />Total____________________________________________________ 777,000 <br />