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<br />f1r,~? ? <br /> <br />1968 DELIvERIES WERE 95% OF' QUOTA <br /> <br />~AT(P DELIVCPIES TO DISTRICT AlLOTTErS ARC MADE O~ DEMAND ANY TIME DURING. THE <br />IRRIGATION SEASON AS D[~tN(D IN ALL ALLOTMENT CONTRACTS AND IN THE eoARots RuLes AND <br />R!:G.ULATIO"'S. Or THe 185.805 ...CRC~'((T Of' ....A,f(:1l CERTIf"IEO FOR DELIYeRY CURINe THE <br />1968 5[....SON. 95% OR 176,499 "CRE~"[E:T ....ERE OeLIVeReD. ANOTt1CR 2,026 ACRE:-FU:T W[RE <br />DEL'veReD IN ACCOIlOA"C[ WITH S[I/[AAL R(PLAC[MCNT CONTR"'CTS FOR _leN THE DISTRICT IS <br />DIlLIGAfED. <br /> <br />Or THIS TOTAL, 162,010 ACFlE;-F[[T ....CRC useD !'"OR IRRIGATION; 14.561 ACRe-FeET rOR <br />"'IJ"ICIPAL AND 0Qt.4r5TIC use; ANO 1,950 "'CI'I[-I"((1 WeRE: IJSrD rOF! A COMBINATION or 'NOIJS- <br />TRIA.L .....0 IRRIGATION P'URPOSES. <br /> <br />WATEA SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION BY THE DISTRICT [ACH YEAR CONSIST OF THE <br />SUM or 510""'(;[ CARRY-OVeR I N EAST 51-OPE R[SERVOI AS AT THE r I IlST or TH~ Y~AR Pl.IJS AOAMS <br />TUNN~l. IMPallTS rROM THE COl..OAAOO RIVER "'NO "'NY SURPl.US WATEIl rROM (AST SLOPE STREAMS <br />THAT IS "'V""L"'6L~ rOR STOR"'GE I.. THE PROJ!:C'1 SYST!:M. THES!: QU.....TITIES rOR 1968 M.\Y BE <br />ACCOU..TEO .OR AS .000l.OWS: <br /> <br />CARIlY-OV!:1l S'10R"'GE 11-1-67 <br />AOAMS TUNNEL I...PaRTS <br />S'10RAGE .IlOM E"'ST SLOPE SURPLIJS <br />TOTAL TO "'CCOV"T .OR <br /> <br />ACRe-fEET <br />118.417 <br />19J,I84 <br />1,276 <br />318,877 <br /> <br />WATER THAT CAN B~ "'CCOUNTEO rOR IS THE SIJM 0. ALL DELIVERIES ANO C...RRY-OVER STORAGE <br />"'T '1HE ENO 0. TH~ YE:"'R. THESE AMOUNTS AR:E: AS .OLLOWS: <br /> <br />TOTAL DeLI VE:RIES <br />CAR:RY-OVER STOR:AGE 10-31-68 <br />TOTAl. ACCOUNTE:D .Oll <br /> <br />ACR:E:-fU:T <br />'78,525 <br />122.192 <br />300.917 <br /> <br />NET OPERATING LOSSES .Oll TI1~ ENTIR:e EAST SLOPE SYSTeM AR:E THE 17,960 ACIlE-f"EET <br />IJNACCOV"-TeD rOR IN THE ABOVE COMPUTATIONS. THESE LOSSES ''''CLUDe E:VApaR...TION "'ND SEEPAGE <br />f"ROM ALL R:~SERVOIRS AND C.....ALS AS WELL "'S "'l.L OELIVERIES IN eXCESS Of" TI1E AMOU..TS OROEIlCD <br />BY THE WATER IJSERS. WHILE THE LOSSES IN TeR:MS or ACRe-reET Of WATeR APpeAR TO 6e SUB- <br />STANTI"'L, THEY ARE ONLY 5.6~ Of" THe TOT"'L 318,877 ACRe-reCT HANDLEO OlJRING THE rC"'R. <br />THIJS, THE oPeRATING E..IC'ENCY O. THE WHOLE EAST SLOPE: PR:OJCCT SYSTE:... IS 94.4% .OR 1968 <br />AND HAS AVER"'GED ABOUT 95% .OR: HiE LAST TCN YE"'RS. IT IS SAfE TO S"'Y TH"'T 'EW, Ir A...y, <br />"''''JOR WATER PROJECTS IN Tt-tE WEST CAN BOAST Of" ... BETTeR Cf.1CIENCY R:ECORO. <br /> <br />EACH YEAll Tt-tE BuRE"'U OF RECLAM...TIO"l MAI(ES IJSC Of" BIG T..OMPSON RIVCR INn..o....S TO <br />UI(E ESTes AND W...TER DIVERTAElLE AY DILLE TIJNNeL. NEAR THE MOUTH Of BIG T..OMPSON CA"'YON. <br />f"OR WHAT IS CALLED "Of>EIUlTION 51(1...." WATER DIVERTED AT LAI(E ESTES IS USED .OR: POWEll <br />GENERATION T..ROUGH POLE HILL, FLATIR:O... AND BIG THQt.+PSON poweR PLANTS ANO T"EN IlETUR"ED <br />TO THE RIVER. WATER DIVERTED ...T DILLE TUNNEL IS USCD THIlOUG" THE BIG Tt-tOMPSON PLANT <br />ONLY. <br /> <br />DvRJNG THE 1968 SE"'SON, 40,068 ACRE-FCeT WAS nSI(IMMEO" AT UKE ESTES "'NO 5.518 <br />ACRE-"EET "'T DILLE TIJNNCL "OR IJSE IN POWER GE"ERATION. POWEll IlEVENIJES OERIVEO I'RQt.+ <br />THE SKIM oPERATION AR:E "'N IMPORTANT SUPPLCMENT TO OTHER POWER OPERATIONS ON Tt-tE PRO- <br />JECT SYST!:..., <br /> <br />_ 4 _ <br />