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<br />. <br /> <br />/ . . <br />*~ie of Colorado, acting through the Colorado Water Conservati,?n <br />Board initiated filings in August 1973 for instream use of these f:Lsh <br />bypas; flows as srown aI:xlve, and the Water Court in Water Division No. 5 <br />awarded the Board a water right with a priority date of July' 12, 1973. <br /> <br />'I11e 1978 operating plan predicted a project diversion of 40,100 acre- <br />feet tmder the Il'Ost probable runoff amditions. The February 1, ~1arch 1, <br />April 1, and May 1 forecasts, based on Soil Conservation Service snCM <br />course data, projected diversions of 46,900 acre-feet, 46,200 acre-feet, <br />47,500 acre-feet, and 44,800 acre-feet, respectively. The actual <br />diversion was 49,316 acre-feet as rreasured at the outlet portal of 3 <br />Clarles H. Boustead Tunnel. '!he maximum rrean daily ~rt was 683 ft /s <br />on Jtme 15, with a maximum instantaneous peak of 879 ft Is. <br /> <br />Exhibits SA through SF graphically shCM the tmdep1eted and residual flCM <br />at Lily Pad, Sawyer Creek, Clapnan Gulch, South Fork, Fryingpan River, <br />and Ivanhoe Creek, respectively. Exhibit 5G shows the flCM of the <br />Fryingpan River near Thanasville, Colorado with and without Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project diversions. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />During the second session of the Ninety-fifth Congress of the United <br />States of Azrerica, the Fryingpan-Arkansas Reclamation Project Act was <br />aIlEnded by P.L. 95-586 dated November 3, 1978, to recognize the operational <br />m:xlifications found in the final environmental impact statenEnt dated <br />April 16, 1935. The amandrrent also establishes a ~ bypass require- <br />ment of 4 ft /s at the No ~ Creek Diversion, 5 ft /s at the Midway <br />Creek Diversion, and 12 ft /s at the Hunter Creek Diversion. These <br />diversions and necessary oonveyance facilities are =rently being <br />constructed and should be operational by the 1980 diversion season. <br /> <br />Turquoise lake <br /> <br />en September 30, 1978, 61,721 acre-feet ~re in storage in Turquoise <br />Lake. 'Ibis was owned as follows: CF&I, 15,700 acre-feet; H:lIestake, <br />17,576 acre-feet; High Line Canal, 2,368 acre-feet; and the Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project, 26,077 acre-feet. <br /> <br />In November, December and January aI:xlut 1,451 acre-feet of project water <br />were released for exchange to 1Win Lakes. . <br /> <br />The outlet works was closed down during August and September to oormect <br />the Mt. Elbert Pipeline. Releases ~re IIBde through the jetflow valve <br />to Ireet minimum flow and nake soall releases to CF&I and Pueblo Rese:rvoir. <br /> <br />en September 30, 1978, there ~re 81,925 acre-feet in storage in Turqooise <br />lake ~ed as follows: CF&I, 15,593 acre-feet; Harestake, 8,057 acre- <br />feet; High Line Canal, 2,121 acre-feet; Catlin Canal 7 acre-feet and <br />the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, 55,787 acre-feet. ' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br />