Colorado-Big Thompson Project

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The Colorado-Big Thompson Project is a major transbasin water diversion and storage system in Colorado that delivers Colorado River water to the arid eastern plains for agriculture, cities, and industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal water project ⓘ
transbasin diversion system ⓘ
water diversion project ⓘ
affectsRiver Big Thompson River ⓘ
Cache la Poudre River ⓘ
Colorado River ⓘ
South Platte River ⓘ
authorizationYear 1937 ⓘ
authorizedBy United States Congress ⓘ
beganConstruction 1930s ⓘ
constructedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1950s ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossesUnder Continental Divide of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: Continental Divide
deliversWaterTo eastern plains of Colorado ⓘ
hasComponent Adams Tunnel ⓘ
Carter Lake ⓘ
Flatiron Reservoir ⓘ
Granby Dam ⓘ
Grand Lake ⓘ
Green Mountain Reservoir ⓘ
Horsetooth Reservoir ⓘ
Lake Granby ⓘ
Pinewood Reservoir ⓘ
Shadow Mountain Lake ⓘ
hasHydropowerPlant Flatiron Powerplant ⓘ
Green Mountain Powerplant ⓘ
hasStorageCapacityApprox 700000 acre-feet ⓘ
includesPowerGeneration true ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
managesWaterForUse agricultural irrigation in northern Colorado ⓘ
municipal and industrial supply in Front Range communities ⓘ
managesWaterFrom Colorado River ⓘ
operator Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District ⓘ
partOfProgram United States Bureau of Reclamation projects in the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
primaryBeneficiaries agricultural users in northern Colorado ⓘ
purpose industrial water supply ⓘ
irrigation for agriculture ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
secondaryBeneficiaries municipal and industrial users along the northern Front Range ⓘ
servesCity Fort Collins ⓘ
Greeley ⓘ
Longmont ⓘ
Loveland ⓘ
linked to: Loveland, Colorado
servesRegion Northern Colorado ⓘ
transbasinDiversion true ⓘ
waterDestination South Platte River Basin ⓘ
linked to: South Platte River
waterSource Colorado River Basin ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bureau of Reclamation → notableProject → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
United States Bureau of Reclamation → manages → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
subject linked to: USBR
Curecanti National Recreation Area → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Mount Elbert Forebay → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District → projectOperated → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Adams Tunnel → partOf → Colorado–Big Thompson Project ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Horsetooth Reservoir → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Flatiron Reservoir → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Flatiron Reservoir → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Green Mountain Reservoir → project → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Flatiron Powerplant → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Flatiron Powerplant → watercourse → Colorado-Big Thompson water diversion system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Flatiron Powerplant → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson water diversion and power generation project ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Green Mountain Powerplant → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Green Mountain Powerplant → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson water storage and delivery system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Green Mountain Powerplant → isComponentOf → Colorado-Big Thompson power system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Pinewood Reservoir → isPartOfProject → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Granby Dam → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Granby Dam → project → Colorado-Big Thompson transbasin diversion ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Twin Lakes Reservoir → partOf → Colorado–Big Thompson-style transmountain water projects ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Bureau of Reclamation → notableProject → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
subject linked to: BOR
Uncompahgre Project → partOf → U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects in Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Lake Estes → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
United States federal water projects → notableExample → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Shadow Mountain Lake → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Shadow Mountain Lake → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson transbasin diversion system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Shadow Mountain Lake → receivesWaterVia → Colorado-Big Thompson Project facilities ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Lake Granby → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Grand Lake → connectedTo → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Grand Lake → waterSourceFor → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ
Grand Lake → partOfProject → Colorado-Big Thompson transbasin diversion system ⓘ
linked to: Colorado-Big Thompson Project
Carter Lake → partOf → Colorado-Big Thompson Project ⓘ