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002HC . Initial cap~city of the A.V.C. was probably 90 to 100 cfs. By careful and expensive maintenance and operation a diversion cap'.city of 70 cfs. has been available throur;hout the period of the records here- in analyzed. The A.V.C. leads to Reservoirs 1,'!2 and {3, located on Salt Creek, about seven miles south of the City of PUeblo ,,,;.1 about four miles south of the steel plant. Po third and smaller reservoir known as Lake ICinnequa is located nearer tho plant. Hinor additional supplies of ,';ator are ob- timed under direct flovl md flood ,-rater rights from the St. Charles River, and from local runoff from rains on the catchment areJ of S~lt Creek. Also certain additional amounts of water are derived at the plant by pump- ing from the Bessemer Ditch !\nd by purchase from Public Water '.lorks Dis- trict #2 of the City of Pueblo. Fal. rly complete reoords are maintained by the Wate'r Deparlment as to all of its various sources and uses of the vmter supplyo These records are compiled in terms of millions-of-gallons, which units have been co~verted to acre feet, for purposes of this analysis. :"l1th respect to the diversions of the A,V.C.; they are mea- sured at or near the A.V.C. headgate. Information concerning A.V.C. diversions from the Arkan sas River is also available from the reports of the Distriot '"later Commissioner and from the daily reports of the Arkansas Valley Ditch Association. This separete record has been assembled and compared with the records maintained by the ':feter Department for the p~riod of years from 1927 to 1939, with results indicated in the follow- ing tabulation, showing some variations from yoar to year, but on the average being in substantial agreement., ,.' e '. (b)