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<br />d1 veraioEUl, inelud1Dg re8erYoir rel...., to }>t)del landa .. BhOWitl <br />1n table 16. .Actual.ly 8011e water baa been .tored. through the <br />Johna Flood D1 tch and tro1I .everal 8&11 arroyo. intercepted by <br />the Model Dltch en route to the reservoir. CD the other band, <br />some water is lo.t through evaporation and seepage and &all :runtJ <br />ot vater -7 be released frca the reservoir tor irrigation between <br />short periods ot .torage Wi tb1n a lSODth during which water is <br />being diverted to storage. Arter couider1ng all tactor. it 1. <br />thought that the figure. .hovn are rea.onable ..t:1Mte. ot toe <br />vater diverted rn. the Purgatoire River, Chico... Arraya, taiten/.- <br />dorter Anoyo, and. Black Hilla Arroyo tor .torage in *4el Re.er- <br />voir and later releaae to project laI1d.. water esti_ted to bavet <br />been di vened to }tt)del Re..noir frca Chico... Creek and other <br />lI1aor tributaries vas based OIl 'the iacreaM in storage in Model <br />Re..IToir unaccounted tor b7 the record ot diveraion. tral the <br />J\lrgatolre River. <br />'l'he Model FeHrYoir baa a storage decree tor 20,000 acre- <br />t..t ot vater equal to the illl t1al. capaci t7 ot the re.enoS,r. A <br />re.urvey in 1946 shoved a u...ble capaci tl' ot only 6,200 acre..teet. <br />'!'he great reduction. in capacity 1. due :pr1.arlly to .e.u..t <br />depo.ition. The Model decree tor diftraion troa the PUrgatoire <br />River 1. dated 1908 and aaount. to little I80re than a flood rigb1~. <br />D1 version. are made principally troll flood nova vi th high ..cliJIMtnt <br /> <br />'7 <br />