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<br />IJdL2~.~ <br /> <br />~~{ <br /> <br />{~~.;-,.~ <br /> <br />.~~.~ <br />.,.., <br />..~.{:.~ <br /> <br />gate (410 ft3/s). Final review of the Bureau of Reclamation's records <br />indicated that the 1,105 acre-feet stored in Green Mountain Reservoir <br />under its refill right in late July should be attributed to the <br />initial filling right. This reduced the amount of water reserved <br />in Dillon Reservoir to achieve the initial fill from 28,622 acre-feet <br />to 27,517 acre-feet. With releases from both Dillon and Williams Fork <br />Reservoirs, the Denver Water Board delivered the total amount owed <br />by October 3, 1977. Thus, the initial filling of Green Mountain <br />Reservoir was achieved on October 3, 1977. <br /> <br />" <br />~:"'" ....,.. <br /> <br />.....', <br />. . :~. ..~.: <br /> <br />....,...... <br />.~':....:);. <br /> <br />:.:.,..:.; <br /> <br />. '~,".':. . <br /> <br />On November 2, 1977, in the United States District Court for the <br />District of Colorado, Judge Arraj issued his Memorandum Opinion and <br />Order in which he indicated that Denver did not have a preferential <br />right to the water required to fill Green Mountain Reservoir, and <br />ordered Denver to release the amount of water necessary to complete <br />Green Mountain's initial fill. <br /> <br />;.:<:,::~ <br />':~:.:::;:. ' <br />.:' ~,.' <br />..,.. '.~:' . <br />;.:.. '/',1 <br /> <br />fl~{h <br />.:..,.... <br /> <br />With record-low streamflows and severe drought conditions over the <br />western slope area of Colorado during Water Year 1977, 105,375 acre-feet <br />were released from the power pool. Of this total, 63,729 acre-feet <br />were released during the period from April 15 to the end of the water <br />year to maintain the required flows at Dotsero, and 1,300 acre-feet <br />were released for the Silt Project. In addition, 9,861 acre-feet were <br />released from Denver's Williams Fork Reservoir by exchange. Also <br />during Water Year 1977, 26,318 acre-feet were released from the 52,000 <br />acre-foot pool for replacement of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project <br />diversions. <br /> <br />:.~:: ,.";- <br />.:'/:~'.-,::;: <br />~~:::)}:: <br />..i':.'..:...... <br />" .i~;;..' <br /> <br />~i <br /> <br />).:::.:~:.:~. <br />. .,.',' ': ~ <br /> <br />.' <br />:~/'::Y.:: <br />". ~ . <br />;(~.~';.< <br />'-~:,.. .', <br /> <br />The city of Colorado Springs withheld 2,532 acre-feet, and the Denver <br />Water Board withheld 16,336 acre-feet from the Blue River during <br />the 1977 season. <br /> <br />" <br />;.."..... . <br />. ~'. "':~ <br />:r.;...,... <br /> <br />[.~gl{ <br /> <br />,:;..:.}:' <br /> <br />During September, above normal releases were made for replacement and <br />downstream senior 3ights. As a result of these release which varied <br />from 350 to 860 ft Is, Green Mountain Reservoir's end-of-water year <br />storage of 70,500 acre-feet was far below the recent 17-year average <br />of 130,900 acre-feet. <br /> <br />":~ .' <br />..... <br /> <br />Lake Granby and Willow Creek Reservoirs <br /> <br />~:. . . ,;. . -', <br />...... ," <br />;:,;,.':;:;':" <br />-......... <br />::':"; ; <br />;~<:;;~.: <br />~~j~{': <br />t2;}f;~ <br /> <br />There were about 399,000 acre-feet of water stored in Lake Granby <br />at the beginning of the water year which was below a 17-year average <br />of 420,400 acre-feet. <br /> <br />'-.':, <br /> <br />.:. " <br /> <br />The transfer of water from Lake Granby to the eastern slope reservoirs <br />(Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir) was on plan by the end of <br /> <br />.....,0.1 <br />'::':,.'~: ,~ <br />r~:,: :'" <br />'. ~. ";.'1 <br /> <br />',. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />.:, ..- <br /> <br />~.:.-~,:":'~ .;~~:~ ..~':>,~r;;.:~<T~::;~;::~.~~ <br />, '.'.' <br /> <br />,:;';' .'. .-"~::'.' : -; ;;<, <br /> <br /><\ ~.~,(,.-;.:~~?::.:',.....:, <br />. ".:. ',""":'.<. <br /> <br />"." ..':.. <br />-. . :-:.:',..~ <br /> <br />'. . <br />.."'., . <br /> <br /> <br />:...... <br /> <br />'-" '.' '...:;:0:.-:;.-,_.': <br />:~~:'\:~~\~;:-;;~>;!::.:::::::~'" . . <br />- -,' ...;:~ .., <br /> <br />......':":.,.'.,'... <br /> <br />.-" <br /> <br />.,...... <br /> <br />.:"../,'.' <br />