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<br />,~ <br /> <br />,;;~~\ <br />:) <br /> <br />co <br />M <br />tn <br /> <br />not exert a significant influence upon <br /> <br />its aquatic biota during normal flow <br /> <br />years. Approach velocity to the intake <br />structure will be sufficiently low that <br /> <br />adult fish will be able to avoid being <br /> <br />entrained into the circulating water <br /> <br />system, Larval stages of fish and other <br /> <br />aquatic organisms will be drawn, together <br /> <br />with the plankton, into the cooling <br /> <br />system and thus removed ~rom the <br /> <br />ecosystem. TIle fraction of overall popu- <br /> <br />lations represented by this loss cannot <br /> <br />be specified on the basis of existing <br /> <br />data. The inta~e structure will be <br /> <br />designed with an inlet water velocity <br /> <br />of O.~ to 0.8 feet per second, to <br /> <br />minimize entrainment of aquatic <br /> <br />organisms. <br /> <br />During the few periods of exceptional <br /> <br />low flow when water from Elkhead Creel< <br /> <br />Reservoir is withdrawn for use by the <br /> <br />Yampa Project, the extra water required <br /> <br />by the plant will be coming from Elk- <br /> <br />head Creek Reservoir and not the river <br /> <br />itself, s~ no extra stress downstream <br /> <br />-157- <br />