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<br />-. <br /> <br />O(i)2Q3 <br /> <br />IHLLIAHS FORK COLLECTION SYSTE,.l <br /> <br />A. Brief History anc Description <br />The Denver Water Depar~"ent's involve~ent in the Upper Williams <br /> <br />~ork Basin goes back over 50 years. <br /> <br />In 1921, the Eoard employed <br /> <br />George M. Bull,3n outstanding engineer, to layout a trans- <br /> <br /> <br />mountain water collection system which extended from the <br /> <br /> <br />Fraser River into the Williams Fork River and into the Blue <br /> <br /> <br />River watersheds. In 1924, the Federal government granted a <br />right-of-way over Forest Service lands for the construction of <br />a gravity collection system in the Williams Fork Basin. A <br />portion of that system was constructed in the late 1930's and <br />Denver began diverting water from the upper basin in 1940. <br />This water was at first transported. through Jones Pass Tunnel <br />(now August P. Gumlick TunneD and Clear Creek for use as a <br /> <br /> <br />dilutant for metropolitan sewage effluent. In 1959, Vasquez <br /> <br /> <br />Tunnel was comple ted to transport Hilliams Fork water back <br /> <br /> <br />across the Continental Divide to join the Moffat Collection <br /> <br />System. <br /> <br />Thus, Williams Fork water is collected today along <br /> <br />with Fraser basin warer for storage in Gross Reservoir and <br />treaL~ent at Moffat Treatment Plant. <br /> <br />B. Completion of the Syst~~ <br /> <br />Since the 1940's, additional engineering, surveying, and <br /> <br />construction of roads has been accomplished by the Denver Water <br />Department to prepare for the completion of cbe gravity collecc~on.. <br /> <br />system. Work is currently underway on the first portion of the <br /> <br />gravity system extension as described in the 1924 right-of-way. <br />