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<br />']\:1bJ (~ J SUmm21r.1..;",-:c:::-1 t.:.h(~ opero.tion or .the 2c:ct Lyon llo:r:::;c! Crc""!(:!k-
<br />Ado],JQ Crc(:k st:oraqe S}Jst.C:l"i1i i.t was prcp(1r(~c1 usinq the FOJ:.t Lyon Canal
<br />Company Annual. Report,; for 1949-70 (tlH' )>,'r:i06 [or which we have 'the
<br />annual l~epo)'.ts in Our J ibra.ry). J)j.vc'r:::;j.on f.rOlll l:llC l\.t').~an~:;as r~iv(~J:'
<br /><:\nd llor~:;u ,)nd j'\dobe Crcc~l~D for ::i"l::.oral!,-: ilVU]~i:t9(:d 25,209 aC)~E:-vrc:(~t,
<br />but they .'w(~J:"c v('~.ry C):'l'at.-j c, .r21nqin9 f"roin none .i.n OlV':~ ~{ntl:c t.o.a hi.~Jh
<br />of 135, 70B (:!cJ:o-feet. Ecd.eases frou lTor.~-;(~ ere,:.;]: Z1nd l\dob(~ Cl:c;ck
<br />Hcservo.i.r::; ~:lvcraged 13r26~ (1cre.-foct., 1:';.111\:]inSJ [rom none during tllJ:-("~c
<br />years -to D2, 300 acr(~-f(~ct. Thc!sc vall1c~:;; ;:lS f;hov.:n in- t:hc ct'1.1culation
<br />at t.l)(; bot.tom of t,hetable produce all Qvcrall "fficiency of 54.1
<br />percent.
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<br />HcJ.~::<:'tr;cs from 110rsc Creek and l\dobc Crc:c:~J:.. Res('-!rvo:L:cs are
<br />combined wiLh r(!.le~:lBe[:i from Queen Ec~:;('r:.\/{):i.r iI, column /1 oe t:;lblc J.
<br />'fhese ValLl(~~:;" which (lrc uct-ua.l 11usab1c '.\'at:e"]~'l durinq the period,
<br />a.vCL(191.~d 15, l).lU acr~~-fcct ~tnd ran~J(~d .eX'OIIl 1'1 on.:.::. du:ri.ng t.h.l:"cc. Y(;J.ars t.o
<br />a high of "0,700 acrc,..fccL. We concJ\ld" Lhil1: tell.:; Fort: Lyon ,..;Lordc:":,
<br />sources arc nc)t dcpen~lilbln becauso 6f (~rr~t:Lc yields an~l incffici(~nt
<br />beC(\UBe of Llib~::JLa.11l::.i<l.l 1:.l~':ln~:jmi.~J~:jion ,:lIl<l CV,:lPO)~,ltion lo~:;~:;c~;i Elnc{ laJ~g0.
<br />a.mounts of (leCl(l stora9(~, wl,ich mUEit bc~ i:illccl b(~for:(~ usu;.lble ~)t.or'~ge
<br />can accrue.
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<br />LcLI::; nVlko tlH~ ]O~)iC>lJ a~)sl..'llnpt.5_on Ul,:-lL:-t"hc.~ Fort. Lyon would
<br />dovottJ i~s Quae)} Rcscrvoi.r w2tor rigl:t 'to I)Crrl~nCt1t poo]. J01iverics.
<br />Assundng _,11 faVOri.lb.l(~ \'I~:,Lc-r r.i.gllt: c'h(\nq<:~1 it 'donld h;J.vc ::idt:i~~;fied, a~)
<br />ShOWll in 't~(\bJ.c 2, t:hc cnLi:t~e oblitJ,:,:\l:.ion in (.\11 but. two YCclt'S. Duxinq
<br />Chose t:wo years 2,94H t!.CJ:c:.-.tcct: would l>\vl~ been c1clivcl':t~d 'C.O thi~
<br />permanent: p('\~)l !:',;lthe:r l."_h;-ln' p.lt"tcc~(l in :_;l:.()1:dqC': in HorE3r2 Cr(~ck ;lnd Adobe
<br />Cr.cc]c RC~:icrvoirs. \'vhcn 7. F 9:).8 (lcro.- CC:i:-:L .i :-j r-;;)r(;Cld O'Jc:r t:hc~' 2l-'Yf:;cu.
<br />pl:..riod, it: Fl:.odl.lcc,s an ~.~l)rH.l~,l aVCr~i_{~]('~ oC 1.'10 ;:,cJ:(~-fcct~ 'J'i'l-'ll:':;,
<br />rclc(lsCS fl.-om t.hc~Jc~ rC~3(~r\f(Jir:::J woud l)(-\\;'i~ 1),.:(,1'1 l-e:duccc1 by 7(i ;"lcl:e'-.f.:(;c~t
<br />(54-.1 pCl:C(~nt of 1(10) t.o p:t"odllce ,~\n ,~;\;c'rd(~I(> or" 11, 1E:9 (1c"((~--.fc(}t
<br />(column :J oft.able 3). The Catlin vpl:c,J:' l'i.qht,..; wDuld h:wc y.ielclc,d
<br />an o.vl:!.l:.:1~Ll:~ c[ 7,/1-61 lI.C]~co.-[cct: (.from 'l~ill)l(~ (-'I..t::t;;.lCl1C:~d t.O my .l"tl:(~.l: or
<br />March 2H, 1978) dur.i.nq t.h(~ pc.riod, ("lnd, t.ll,:: 'tuf3ablo,it.'.:.>.t:c:rl' would hav"c:
<br />])0011 20,G5C) ZlCl~o-fceL.
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<br />l\s can be sec:;l) by comparing coLumn~-; 3 ~lnd 6, the Catlin would
<br />p,l.'ovic1e ,i.l 1(\t~9cr and llH.1C:h lllOI'e dc!pc:n(Ll1Jlt: w;lt.cr supply t:l1~H) tll.c Fort.
<br />Lyon I s portion of Queen HC:!,::Jcrvoir. The C.:l.t:J in would pl~o'Jid(:::~ i.Hl
<br />ilvcragc bf about 7,46], ac,~a~~foct Wllil(~ ()llaen provided orlly l,7~34 ilcre-
<br />feet. D\.n:in'j G of 't11C 22 YC<_1r:::i, Ou':'~cn J)l~ov:i.(lcd none: and cJu.r:in~J~)
<br />years, it. provided lC}:is t.:.h;:'1ll 900 ,;l.cr(""!...fc(:l:. 'j'hc ma:ci.mulil. provided by
<br />Queen wafi 3,635 ~)C1:'e-f2CL4 The minirnurn the)'t: would be Pt.'ovj.dc~d by
<br />t.he C~lt.lin \\'atcr riql1t~) is :1,13B (lcr(>. r:c:(~t:, which i:-:; about 500 acre.-
<br />feet larqc~l:' than the m;:.'txiltll.1l1t of tll(~ Queen.
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