Fryingpan–Arkansas Project

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federal water resources project water diversion project

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fryingpan–Arkansas Project canonical	2
Fryingpan River collection system	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal water resources project ⓘ water diversion project ⓘ
authorizationYear	1962 ⓘ
authorizedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
basinOfOrigin	Colorado River Basin ⓘ
basinServed	Arkansas River region ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedBy	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
divertsWaterFrom	Colorado River Basin ⓘ Western Colorado ⓘ surface form: Western Slope of Colorado
divertsWaterTo	Arkansas River region ⓘ surface form: Arkansas River Basin
hydropowerFacility	Mount Elbert Forebay ⓘ surface form: Mount Elbert Powerplant Mount Elbert Forebay ⓘ surface form: Mt. Elbert Pumped-Storage Powerplant
locatedIn	Colorado ⓘ
majorComponent	Boustead Tunnel ⓘ Fryingpan–Arkansas Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fryingpan River collection system Mount Elbert Forebay ⓘ surface form: Mount Elbert Powerplant Pueblo Dam ⓘ Pueblo Reservoir ⓘ Ruedi Reservoir ⓘ Sugar Loaf Dam ⓘ Turquoise Lake ⓘ Twin Lakes Reservoir ⓘ
managesWaterFor	Arkansas River region ⓘ surface form: Arkansas River Basin
managingAgency	Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District ⓘ
operatedBy	Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
providesIrrigationWaterTo	agricultural lands in the Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
providesWaterTo	Colorado Springs, Colorado ⓘ Fountain Valley ⓘ Pueblo, Colorado, United States ⓘ surface form: Pueblo, Colorado
purpose	hydroelectric power generation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ municipal water supply ⓘ
riverSystemAffected	Arkansas River ⓘ Fryingpan River ⓘ Roaring Fork River ⓘ
servesRegion	Arkansas River ⓘ surface form: Arkansas Valley southeastern Colorado ⓘ
state	Colorado ⓘ
usesInfrastructureType	hydroelectric powerplant ⓘ storage reservoir ⓘ transmountain diversion tunnel ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Bureau of Reclamation → notableProject → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ

Fryingpan–Arkansas Project → majorComponent → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fryingpan River collection system

Pueblo Reservoir → partOf → Fryingpan–Arkansas Project ⓘ