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<br />001077 <br /> <br />Operation Plan for the Proposed Long Hollow Reservoir-Preliminary Draft, March 17, 2004 <br /> <br />7.0 RESERVOIR OPERATIONS <br /> <br />Figures 8 and 9 depict the LHR end-of-month storage during the study period for Scenario 1 and <br />Scenario 2, respectively. The Compact Reserve Pool, District Pool, and Total Pool in LHR are <br />shown for each year. <br /> <br />7.1 Water Storage <br /> <br />Long Hollow flows were stored in LHR during: <br /> <br />. The non-Compact period between December 1 and February 15, and <br /> <br />. Periods when the LHR water right, the lowest (most junior) water right in the model, <br />were in-priority. <br /> <br />The first 300 AF of active storage stored was designated for the Compact Reserve Pool and the <br />remaining storage to the LPWCD (District) Pool. Evaporative losses were assigned to each pool <br />on a pro rata basis. Any dead storage in LHR will be included in the District Pool. <br /> <br />7.2 Reservoir Releases <br /> <br />7.2.1 District Pool Operations <br /> <br />Under this operation plan when New Mexico calls for water in the spring, releases will be made <br />from the District Pool in LHR to the State Line gauge. These releases will be exchanged to <br />Colorado ditches according to water right priority. The highest (most senior) priority will be <br />assigned to New Mexico and delivered to the State Line gauge in accordance with requirements <br />of the Compact. Native flows from the La Plata River basin that cannot be exchanged to <br />Colorado ditches will be used to meet Compact demands, which will reduce LHR releases from <br />the District Pool. Otherwise, Compact deliveries will be provided exclusively from the District <br />Pool in LHR. <br /> <br />991-077.000 <br />March 2004 <br /> <br />Wright Water Engineers, Inc. <br /> <br />Page 8 <br />