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<br />~'\' <br />~. ... <br /> <br />cD <br />in <br />.-1 <br />o <br />c.:: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />El Vado Dam and Reservoir <br /> <br />El Vado Reservoir storage at the beginning of calendar year 1980 was as follows: <br /> <br />Rio Grande water <br /> <br />(includes 1,060 acre-feet dead storage) <br /> <br />49,880 aere-feet <br /> <br />San Juan-Chama water <br /> <br />73,346 aere-feet <br /> <br />MRGCD <br /> <br />0 aere-feet <br />48,677 acre-feet <br />7,249 aere-feet <br />10,585 acre-feet <br />4,527 aere-feet <br />790 aere-feet <br />1,488 aere-feet <br />30 acre-feet <br /> <br />City of Albuquerque <br /> <br />Santa Fe Metropolitan Water Board <br /> <br />Publie'Serviee Company of New ~~xieo <br /> <br />Department of Energy <br /> <br />Village of Los Lunas <br /> <br />City of Espanola <br /> <br />Twining <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />123,226 aere-feet <br /> <br />Spring runoff for the Rio Chama into El Va do Reservoir began in mid-February and <br /> <br />lasted through mid-July. Maximum storage of 124,900 aere-feet was reaehed on <br /> <br />May 5. <br /> <br />During 1980, 35,829 aere-feet of the San Juan-Chama water stored in El Vado <br /> <br />Reservoir were released. There were no releases of Rio Grande water from <br /> <br />storage in El Vado Reservoir during 1980. Under authority of the aet of <br /> <br />August 27, 1935 (49 Stat. 887), as amended, the Secretary of the Interior may <br /> <br />request MRGCD to store in El Vado Reservoir and release the neeessary water for <br /> <br />the six pueblos within exterior boundaries of the MRGCD for the 1981 irrigation <br /> <br />season. <br />