Laserfiche WebLink
<br />PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL <br /> <br />The Project is operated to provide supplemental municipal and industrial water supply, irrigation <br />water supplies, hydroelectric power production, flood control, recreation, fish and wildlife <br />preservation, and other purposes. <br /> <br />The integrated operation of the Project is planned and coordinated by the Bureau of Reclamation's <br />Resources Division, Eastern Colorado Area Office in Loveland, Colorado. This office collects and <br />analyzes information daily and makes the decisions necessary for successful operation of the Project. <br />This continuous water management function involves coordination among the Northern Colorado <br />Water Conservancy District, Upper Colorado and Great Plains Regions of Reclamation, North Platte <br />and Bighorn Basin Projects of Reclamation, the Department of Energy, and many other local, state, <br />and Federal agencies. <br /> <br />Experience has proven that proper utilization of the available water resource in a multi-purpose <br />Project such as this can be achieved only through careful budgeting and management of the <br />anticipated water supply. The technical end product of this budgeting and management process is an <br />Annual Operating Plan (AOP). <br /> <br />The Project is operated on a water year basis (October I through September 30). The AOP is <br />prepared in October or November of each year, following the plan's review and public meetings, if <br />necessary. AOPs are prepared for reasonable maximum and reasonable minimum conditions of <br />water supply and requirements as well as for the most probable runoff conditions. The Project is <br />operated to optimize the most probable water supply without jeopardizing operational position <br />should either the reasonable maximum or the reasonable minimum water supply conditions occur. <br />The plan is reviewed and revised as necessary during the year as new information or changing <br />conditions occur. Flexibility is a keynote and a necessity of the plan. Computer programs are used <br />by Reclamation to develop the AOPs and water supply forecasts. <br /> <br />7 <br />