Wyoming portion of pipeline
Water would be diverted from the Green River 200 feet downstream of the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge and from Flaming Gorge reservoir. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers graphic.
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Entire Project Area
A Colorado developer wants to divert water from the Green River in Wyoming and pipe it over to the Colorado front range to supply drinking water needs for rapidly-growing areas around Fort Collins, Denver and Colorado Springs. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers graphic.
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Colorado Flaming Gorge pipeline project news
Proposal to divert water from Green River at Seedskadee Wildlife Refuge and Flaming Gorge to Colorado – ‘Regional Watershed Supply Project’
by Pinedale Online!
July 2, 2011
The Pueblo, Colorado Chieftan has an article about the proposed pipeline to divert water from Wyoming’s Flaming Gorge reservoir over to Colorado for their growing drinking water interests. Click on this link for the story: Is state ready to tackle Flaming Gorge pipeline?. Proponents recommend forming a task force to look at, and drum up grass-roots support for a 570-mile pipeline from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming to Colorado's Front Range, to help meet the demands for future drinking water needs in that state.
The project is proposed by Million Conservation Resource Group (MCRG), a private water development entity, to withdraw approximately 250,000 acre-feet (AF) of water annually from the Green River and Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming, and transport it by pipeline to existing and proposed new reservoirs in southeastern Wyoming and the Front Range of Colorado.
Two water withdrawal facilities would be used, one on east side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming and the other on the east bank of the Green River in Wyoming approximately 200 feet downstream of the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming. The total right-of-way (ROW) width would be 200 feet (100 feet construction and 100 feet permanent). The total estimated annual volumes from the two diversion points are approximately 165,000 AF from Flaming Gorge Reservoir and 85,000 AF from the Green River during a dry year. The Green River volumes would increase to approximately 157,000 AF in an average year and 195,000 AF in a wet year. Water pipeline system (approximately 578 miles in length with diameters of 72 to 120 inches) would extend from the withdrawal points to southeastern Wyoming and the Front Range of Colorado between the Wyoming-Colorado state line and Pueblo. Approximately 16 natural gas-powered pump stations would be located along the pipeline route. The total ROW width would be 20 acres (10 acres construction and 10 acres permanent). Three water storage reservoirs (Lake Hattie (69,000 AF capacity) in Wyoming, proposed Cactus Hill Reservoir (185,000 AF capacity) near Fort Collins, Colorado, and new reservoir (25,000 AF capacity) to be constructed near Pueblo, Colorado would be utilized as storage reservoirs.
The next opportunity for public comment on the RWSP will be after the release of the Draft EIS, currently estimated to be released in 2016.
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