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<br />SPILLWAY, SUGAR LOAF DAM
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<br />Pueblo Dam and Reservoir
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<br />Pueblo Dam will be located on the Arkansas
<br />River six miles west of the City of Pueblo, Colorado.
<br />The earthfill dam will be 185 feet high with a crest
<br />length of 10,600 feet and will create the largest
<br />reservoir on the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. It will
<br />have a storage capacity of 357,000 acre.feet includ-
<br />ing 93,000 acre-feet of flood storage space, 234,000
<br />acre. feet of conservation storage and a 30,000 acre.
<br />foot permanent pool for recreation and fish and
<br />wildlife. Initial construction on this feature involves
<br />relocating 16 and !'2 miles of Denver and Rio Grande
<br />Western Railroad, which was started on August 26,
<br />1967. It is anticipated that construction on the actual
<br />dam will begin in the spring. of 1969.
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<br />POWER SYSTEM
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<br />The Project power system will include 22.2 miles
<br />of canals, two powerplants, switch yards and trans.
<br />mission lines. The generation system will have a
<br />peaking capacity of 111 megawatts including a
<br />pumped storage plant.
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<br />Water released from Turquoise lake combined
<br />with native water intercepted from the Arkansas
<br />River will be conveyed by the Elbert Canol to the
<br />Elbert Forebay, near Twin lakes. The forebay, with
<br />a storage capacity af 9,926 acre-feet, will regulate
<br />and feed water into the Elbert Powerplanf. The
<br />Elbert Powerplant is being designed for a capacity of
<br />100 megawatts with provisions for on additional 100
<br />megawatts for future installation. Elbert Powerplant
<br />will be equipped for pumped storage operations pro-
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<br />From Twin l.akes the water releases will be con-
<br />veyed to the Ofero Powerplant at Clear Creek Reser-
<br />voir via the Olero Canal and penstock. The Otero
<br />Powerplant will have a capacity of 11 megawatts of
<br />power. Regulated water releases from Clear Creek.
<br />Reservoir will be returned to the Arkansas River.
<br />Provisions will be mode for interconnection with other
<br />Bureau power facilities.
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<br />Cooperation of the Homestake Project has been
<br />coordinated with the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
<br />without modifications or increase in Project features
<br />and by agreement, water stored or conveyed in Proj-
<br />ect facilities will be delivered to the Homestake
<br />Proiect at a point on the Otero Canol just above the
<br />Otero Powerplant. This Program was worked out in
<br />cooperation with the Cities of Colorado Springs and
<br />Aurora, and is a cooperative Program which will
<br />provide benefits not only to the Fryingpan Arkansas
<br />Project, but also for the CIties.
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<br />WATER DEVelOPMENT AND BENEFITS
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<br />Over the economic life of the Proiect, the bene-
<br />fit-cost ratio is 1.47 to 1 for total Project benefits.
<br />That is, for each dollar invested $1.47 worth of
<br />goods and services will be returned to the local area,
<br />State, and Nation.
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<br />DIVERSION WORKS
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