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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I "".,!..' i J{:;."" SECTION V - CONCLUSION Utilizing the 5 percent carriage loss, it has been determined that the re- lease rate from Ruedi Reservoir to provide replacement water to the Dow Pumping Plant and Pipeline 15 cfs diversion is 15.79 cfs. Based on the thirty-year detailed study, the total replacement water release from Ruedi Reservoir will average 2,674 acre feet per year. This will be at a rate of 15.79 cfs over an average of approximately three months per year. For the maximum demand year, a total of 4,788 acre feet per year is required to support the direct flow water right at the Dow pumping plant. This release would be at a rate of 15.79 cfs and would be made during the months of October, April, July, August and September. Total releases from Ruedi Reservoir will always be equal to the minimum fish bypass or the undepleted inflow to the reservoir, whichever is least, plus operational releases to maintain pool elevations and provide storage space for flood control, or for special uses downstream. When sales of reservoir water are made, there will also be releases to provide this water as requi red. At the present time there have been no long term sales of reservoir water and no replacement requirements for diverted water to the Arkansas. In the interim, operation of the reservoir has been primarily to satisfy the inci- dental purposes of flood control and recreation. As shown in Table 1, Column 8b, operational releases above the minimum required have been made in every month. The demands for replacement water for Colony Shale Oil Project depletions were less than the operational releases from Ruedi Reservoir in all but three months of 1977 and two months in 1978. Thus, by comparing Colony Shale Oil Project demands in Column 8d, Table 1, with the operational releases in 8b, it is evident that present operation policies could accommo- date a sale to the Colony Shale Oil Project virtually all the time. (13)