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<br />~",.. <br />.e..,) <br /><'" <br /> <br />'''"''.'' <br />...., <br /> <br />C'J <br />M <br />I.'" <br /> <br />to take place. The cooler, deeper waters <br /> <br />may be clearer, because they will not <br /> <br />be affected by the winds Which keep <br /> <br />sediments suspended ,in the upper layer. <br /> <br />It will also afford a place of escape <br /> <br />for cold-water fishes such as trout <br /> <br />during the warmer months of the year, <br /> <br />and assure a supply of well-oxygenated <br /> <br />waters during the winter when the surface <br /> <br />may be frozen. <br /> <br />The reservoir site is underlain by <br /> <br />solid sandstones of the Lance Formation, <br /> <br />which appear to enclose the entire site. <br /> <br />Seepage losses from the reservoir will <br /> <br />therefore probably be small. The <br /> <br />reservoir, with an expected life-time <br /> <br />of about 100 years, will eventually fill <br /> <br />wi th sediment and convert gradually <br /> <br />from lake to marsh to return eventually, <br /> <br />if not disturbed, to the type of <br /> <br />vegetation growinG there now. <br /> <br />2.2.5 Water Quality Effects of Transmission' <br /> <br />Lines <br /> <br />The proposed transmission lines will have <br /> <br />- 153- <br />