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<br />RESERVOIR EXPANSION
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<br />BEITER FISH/~G
<br />The feasibility study also con-
<br />sidered . the enlargement of One ofth~benefits"!he f~asl" .
<br />Stagecoach Reservoir from the bility study cites ii the in~l!ll .
<br />current 33,275 acre feet to ~2,OOO 'in tJ.te quality of tliecurrent ~~t i \ . Th. imruutt_ :\If the EillIead en- .
<br />acre feet, as an a1temativeto fishmg due to ..,~~le~-:w.rJ "l?"'.~;.bo;Rl',ecoloiIY . .
<br />meet long-term water supply peratures; . ...~ ..:.1" .. ;woul3\:l~~"-"$~tiori~f )V4~H~~ . ..
<br />def=~~matelY half of ~e wa- 'i;:::;z~t ::s:=:;~ .8!'SIl~~~~0:;wi1\!,";~~~~. Ir~.' 100. king at doing is
<br />~r supply at Stalfecoach IS des- cali apprctamat.eijl'half a rtule'of! Sl es t~'~' il. l:Wbds and th$'Lbll!P\9",~rec\ fish ~ well
<br />Ignate? for recreational purposes, County ~~.-16;.whicp ~~S~lI .80.:u':mds. ::~d~.1ie>""!!MYolil.~'\V~W~~' . Tenney.881c!.
<br />!IDd slIghtly more than a qwmer the mou~ of the stream n~the 'Iw "he .'-: I"'. :1[;,- ;t'): \( \\p",Qftlie ~ps who might have
<br />I~ earmarked for~e Hardlln Sta. -...r delta are. aon the'so,!-~ 8lde of i ~Tlnn: bilii~ ~,t.h.t~. .. '-i.~,a, _. b!em., WJ,~.some of the pre-
<br />tiOl;1 a. ~d the Crmg. ~.tation . pow.'. .e. r the re servoir,..Th. II. ~,s ting ~a. t!. :at".~..d .,. .'t:.,Wl. .. '.. !~.' decis. ,. Ions are water
<br />plants. The rem~g 7,636. ~ . ramps \Vo!Jldal80 have to hQ'Olt- l '.. ...' n ;"': . it' 'lioVfever. . . ..
<br />f~t are fll! m~IClPa!~~ ~~. tend~d to a~qmm*~ the l~ I'.' . ~t.~ ... . :..' '" .., IIQme of~em may worry
<br />tria\\1Sers,. ,::.",._,;.~.,. footIncreasemreservolrheigh~ i~re~..;' .., . 'ls,that this could be a
<br />The expansion would create an. The existing resel!'o~r capaCl~ . i !i.OM wi-""" .:to~ ._.. ,~e p~ent; he said. ~It
<br />extra 18,725 acre feet, which was of Elkhead ReservoIr IS approXl' ..' . 'af,,' 'ttii,' '. . ~. . ~j,11.~~?me court activ-
<br />assumed for the .purposes of ~e matl;ly 13,700 a~ fe~t, and the: ; :m~' ~Y"8ign Cllil, . ~."'~"" >-'.. ...
<br />study to be aV81lable to all m- manmum . practIcal sIze for thll i fl.. ''ie'l. "Brb~ ' Curren. tly there are 4,043 ab-
<br />basin water users on a first- enlargement is approxilllately i th~' 'te ' .: . '~; 101ute 1\'llter rights in the Yampa
<br />come, first-serve basis. 52000 acre feet, more than three 0 -~_~-. Ot' ..' biUIn.i-:AtiMaybell,. the Yampa
<br />The existing hydrologic record I ti~es the current volume. The con~o!l , . _ . je'mea8Wed as a 1.2 mil-
<br />f~r the Stagecoach Reservoir in- . p~poBed_ ~nlargemllnt would ~,I:'-'r,..~~u ~ ~;'fa~ .~.. . -~_ ,feet river.~at ~B
<br />dicatee, however, an ad~te: qwre ~81smg the !later surface -A1~'X s~. '~Pnaln~ed, Tenney explained, IS
<br />supply over the 53-year pen~. of i approXl~ately 30 feet. . . it .. " ., d be .', li. OOO'~'feet of that water, a
<br />record. Hence; .the f~llityIn Spite of the vast e~large- IDl tied', -"-'en . ."', ~ fraction.
<br />study haB deten1lll;led thiB to be a ment ~f Elkhead ReservOir, the ,. ~ia lossw~d ., t:li4 ......, ,." .._.
<br />long-term alternative. .. expansion would adequately.. - ,.. em~9f Uut"fis cott-
<br />The increase in water level for ser:ve the water deman~.\ :Srov hi -tlie ~11'''tad' ,.'
<br />the propol!ed enlarge. ment would through the 2!>~ye'ar sc:enan. . .0; bUt , 'ts It! ...., ..J\, i ' l~.-h11.f " ~_
<br />be about 10 feet and would have! not the 5.O-year proJection.. To I e, ~1 :;;.'i+. ,.l ..,,,-,
<br />. a 8Omewha~ limited impact ~ue i Berv~ the needs ~ th~ year 2,~0 , .
<br />~ the relatively stsep shoreline ',under tne operational.. coq. .
<br />surrounding the reservoir, except \ straii1ta..., ~.additiona.. 1'.stoJ'!llIl'
<br />in the delta area. i would be required. .
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