The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project provides water to the Arkansas River Basin and the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs through a series of diversions structures on the western slope that take water through the Charles H. Boustead Tunnel and the Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel. The project is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Currently the project diverts about 58,000 acre feet of water annually.

Map of Fryingpan-Arkansas Project
Below a map of the collection systems for the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Circles with Xs represent diversion points; red lines represent tunnels or canals that move water; brown dashed line represents the Continental Divide. Click on the Map for a larger version.