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<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.
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<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.
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<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
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<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.
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<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
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