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<br />Appendix A <br /> <br />Three other reservoirs are found along the Colorado reach of the Upper Rio <br />Grande. The Rio Grande Reservoir, completed in 1913 by the San Juan <br />Valley Irrigation District (formerly the Farmer's Union), was built to store <br />approximately 51,000 af of water. Captured flows extend water availability <br />throughout the irrigation season for pre-1903 water rights. The Santa Maria <br />Ditch and Reservoir Company built the Continental and the Santa Maria <br />Reservoirs which have capacities of 28,000 af and 45,000 af, respectively. <br />These structures, and other smaller projects, represent the efforts by local <br />groups to capture supplies for irrigation purposes. <br /> <br />Galisteo Reservoir <br /> <br />Authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1960 and completed 10 years <br />later, Galisteo Reservoir is owned and operated by the CoE. It lies twelve <br />miles upstream from the confluence with the Rio Grande, approximately 35 <br />miles upstream of Albuquerque. Ofthe 89,000 af of storage capacity, 79,000 <br />af are dedicated to flood control, with the remainder reserved for sediment. <br />storage. The reservoir holds the flows of Galisteo Creek only during times of <br />floods. <br /> <br />Jemez Reservoir <br /> <br />This facility is owned and operated by the CoE, which began construction of <br />Jemez Canyon Dam shortly after its authorization under the 1948 Flood <br />Control Act. Plans for the reservoir were included in a comprehensive <br />flood-control strategy for the Upper Rio Grande. Construction of the dam <br />was completed in 1954. The dam is found on the Jemez River, two miles <br />upstream from its confluence with the Rio Grande. Most of the reservoir's <br />capacity, 73,000 af of the 106,000 af total, is reserved for flood control. The <br />remainder is reserved for sediment. The CoE coordinates the release of flood <br />waters with Cochiti Reservoir to prevent flooding in the Albuquerque area. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.;;. <br /> <br />Cochiti Reservoir <br /> <br />Owned and operated by the CoE, Cochiti Reservoir is located 44 miles north <br />of Albuquerque along the Rio Grande. Authorized in 1960 under the Flood <br />Control Act of that year, construction was completed in 1975 producing a <br />storage facility with a capacity of 586,000 af. The primary goal of Cochiti is <br />to prevent downstream flood damage. The operation of the facility is tightly <br /> <br />A.2 <br /> <br />(C3 ~ 38 <br />