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<br /> <br />New reservoir <br /> <br />II Dam height: Rises by 25 feet from 80 feet to 105 feet; <br />Reservoir level to rise by 20 feet at flll. <br /> <br />II Spillway capacity: 28,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to <br />meet safety standards for high runoff. <br /> <br />. Active water storage increase: Plus 11,750 acre-feet (AF) <br />for a total of 25,450 AF. Original pool was 13,700 AF. <br /> <br />. 5,000 AF of the Increase Is allocated for endangered <br />flshes in the Yampa River, funded by the Upper <br />Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program. <br /> <br />. 6,750 AF funded by the Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District for future water needs in the <br />Yampa River Basin; 2,000 AF of this pool Is to be leased <br />to the Recovery Program for 20 years as more water for <br />fish flows. <br /> <br />. The endangered fishes: Colorado plkemlnnow, bonytall, <br />razorback sucker, humpback chub. For more Info: http:// <br />coloradoriverrecovery .fws.govl <br /> <br /> <br />The labyrinth weir <br />and spillway take <br />shape. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />ELK HCAD <br /> <br />o , R. <br />M E.. N -I . <br /> <br />. ....'l"~,.-J-, <br /> <br />Earth movers continue to build the height of <br />the dam. It will reach 25 feet above the exist- <br />ing dam. At top left, the new embankment <br />approached the old dam road height at the <br />end of August 2006. <br /> <br />Oriqinal reservoir <br /> <br />. Constructed In 1974 by the Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife to hold 13,700 acre-feet (AF) of water. An <br />acre-foot is about 326,000 gallons and Is enough to <br />supply two average households for a year. <br /> <br />. . 8,310 AF allocated for cooling water for the Craig Coal <br />Fired Power Plant. <br /> <br />. 5,390 AF allocated as a recreation pool. <br /> <br />. Original dam height: 80 feet. <br /> <br />Raised crest. elev. 6403 <br /> <br /> <br />R~ed Normal Pool. e1ev. 6388 <br />isJing crest. elev. 6378 _ <br />Exisling Normal Pool. <br />elev.636a <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br />*' <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER WATER <br />CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br /> <br />www.ColoradoRiver <br />District.org <br /> <br /> <br />For more information: Project Manager Ray Tenney: (970) 945- <br />8522, ext. 220; e-mail rtenney@crwcd.org. Jim Pokrandt, CRWCD <br />communications: (970) 945-8522, ext. 236; jpokrandt@crwcd.org <br />