Fryingpan–Arkansas Project

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The Fryingpan–Arkansas Project is a major U.S. water diversion and storage system in Colorado that transfers water from the Western Slope to the Arkansas River Basin for irrigation, municipal use, and hydroelectric power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal water resources project ⓘ
water diversion project ⓘ
authorizationYear 1962 ⓘ
authorizedBy United States Congress ⓘ
basinOfOrigin Colorado River Basin ⓘ
basinServed Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
benefit electric power production ⓘ
supplemental irrigation water supply ⓘ
supplemental municipal water supply ⓘ
collectsRunoffFrom Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness ⓘ
Sawatch Range ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1964 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
developedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
divertsWaterFrom Colorado River Basin ⓘ
Western Slope of Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Western Colorado
divertsWaterTo Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
hydropowerFacility Mount Elbert Powerplant ⓘ
Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
majorComponent Boustead Tunnel ⓘ
Fryingpan River collection system ⓘ
Mount Elbert Powerplant ⓘ
Pueblo Dam ⓘ
Pueblo Reservoir ⓘ
Ruedi Reservoir ⓘ
Sugar Loaf Dam ⓘ
Turquoise Lake ⓘ
Twin Lakes Reservoir ⓘ
managesWaterFor Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
managingAgency Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District ⓘ
operatedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
providesIrrigationWaterTo agricultural lands in the Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
providesWaterTo Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ
Fountain Valley ⓘ
Pueblo, Colorado ⓘ
purpose hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
riverSystemAffected Arkansas River ⓘ
Fryingpan River ⓘ
Roaring Fork River ⓘ
servesRegion Arkansas Valley ⓘ
linked to: Arkansas River

southeastern Colorado ⓘ
state Colorado ⓘ
usesInfrastructureType hydroelectric powerplant ⓘ
storage reservoir ⓘ
transmountain diversion tunnel ⓘ

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Bureau of Reclamation → notableProject → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ
Fryingpan–Arkansas Project → majorComponent → Fryingpan River collection system ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Pueblo Reservoir → partOf → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ
Ruedi Reservoir → project → Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Boustead Tunnel → partOf → Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Boustead Tunnel → associatedProject → Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District → managesProject → Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District → suppliesWaterFrom → Fryingpan-Arkansas Project ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Pueblo Dam → partOf → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ
Pueblo Dam → partOfWaterManagementSystem → Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and management system ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Sugar Loaf Dam → partOf → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ
Sugar Loaf Dam → partOf → Fryingpan–Arkansas water diversion and distribution system ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
Sugar Loaf Dam → projectAuthorization → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project Act of 1962 ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project
John Martin Dam → partOf → Arkansas River water management system ⓘ
linked to: Fryingpan–Arkansas Project