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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<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.
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<br />Turquoise lake
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<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.
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<br />In November, December and January aI:xlut 1,451 acre-feet of project water
<br />were released for exchange to 1Win Lakes. .
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<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.
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<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. '
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