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as a result of this project. The project will not increase the Company's water storage or supply beyond that water legally decreed and historically used. E. Project Lands The South Side Reservoir Company will not change as a result of this project. This project will no broaden the Company service area and will not provide for the irrigation of any new lands. F. Hydrology and Water Rights F.1 Flood Hydrology - Flood hydrology issues have been addressed in the South Side Dam Hydrologic Assessment, by Mr. Ed A. Toms, P.E., March 9, 2002. This hydrologic study has been approved by the State Engineer's Ofllce. As stated earlier, the essence of this study is that the spillway must pass the 100- year inflow flood safely. The study indicated that the spillway lacked approximately 0.4 feet of required freeboard to allow the spillway to function properly during the 1 DO-year flood event. This issue must be addressed to assure the safety of the Dam and to allow the SEO to consider lifting the restriction on the storage capacity of the reservoir. Flood hydrology is not required to size the outlet works. Revisions to the outlet works would occur under "Rules and Regulations for Dam Safety and Dam Construction". Rule 5.A. (7)(d)(III) states that ... "outlets for all dams, except for dams with ungated outlets, shall have an operating or guard gate installed at the upstream end of the conduit. Installations where the gates are located within the dam may not require guard gates if it is determined that the safety inspection of the dam will not require inspection of the outlet upstream from the gate, in accordance with criteria set forth in "ACER Technical Memorandum NO.6" USDI, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado, November 1985, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this rule, and does not include later amendments to, or editions of, the incorporated material..." The sizing and capacity of the existing outlet will be maintained as much as possible. F.1 WATER RIGHTS - The SSRC holds two storage decrees for the South Side Reservoir totaling 654 acre-feet, dated 1916 and 1939. The Company ]6