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Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, Bureau of Reclamation

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir are the "terminal" storage facility for the federal Fryingpan-Arkansas water diversion, storage, and delivery project. Water collected from the upper reaches of the Fryingpan River is diverted under the Continental Divide via the Fry-Ark project, stored in Turquoise and Twin Lakes reservoirs, used to generate hydro-electric power at the Mt. Elbert Power Plant, and then released to the Arkansas River for eventual delivery into Pueblo Reservoir.

Water from Pueblo Reservoir is released through the dam to communities as far north as Colorado Springs and as far east as Lamar, Colo. All points in between and within the boundaries of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, who represents the water users for whom the project was originally built, are eligible to receive Fry-Ark water.

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir, and the Fry-Ark Project of which they are a part, are all owned, operated, and were constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation under the Department of the Interior.

Pueblo Dam and Reservoir were constructed from 1970-1975.

The reservoir can store as much as 357,000 acre-feet of water.

The dam is about 2 miles long.

The reservoir offers about 5664 acres of surface area.

Colorado State Parks manages recreation at Pueblo Reservoir and Lake Pueblo State Park.

Tags: Community & Government,Reservoir,Outdoor Recreation