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Summary of Paonia Reservoir Accounts <br />Table 5 provides a summary of the accounts in Paonia Reservoir. <br />TABLE 5 <br />PAONIA RESERVOIR ACCOUNTS <br />AMOUNT <br />ACCOUNTS <br />(acre-feet) <br />Total Capacity 17,461 <br />Active Capacity <br />16,527 <br />1.Fire Mountain Canal and Reservoir 12,650 <br />Company <br />2.Reserved United States Pool (6,510 af) 2,000 <br />a) Ragged Mountain Exchange 1,500 <br /> Agreement <br />b) Endangered Species <br />Operation of the Paonia Project in the CRDSS Program MODSIM <br />The following paragraphs describe the key assumptions used in the CRDSS wat er rights planning model <br />(MODSIM) to simulate the operations of the Paonia Project. <br />Paonia Reservoir is simulated using three storage accounts representing the three water rights <br />? <br />that are decreed absolute: 1) 18,000 acre-feet; 2) 3,000 acre-feet; and 3) 7,424 acre-feet (refill <br />decree). <br /> <br />Direct diversions under the Fire Mountain Canal water rights are supplemented by releases of <br />? <br />storage water from Paonia Reservoir and are limited to 12,650 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />Releases are made from Paonia Reservoir pursuant to the Ragged Mountain Exchange to allow <br />? <br />supplemental junior upstream diversions to irrigate 2,368 acres of land along West and East <br />Muddy creeks. The Ragged Mountain Exchange is limited to 2,000 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />It is assumed that releases from the endangered species account will be made entirely during <br />? <br />the month of June. <br /> <br />Table 6 provides the end-of-month storage targets that will allow the reservoir to be drawn <br />? <br />down during the late winter months and, as a result, provide available capacity to capture spring <br />runoff. <br />4 <br />A275 01.09.95 1.15-23 Fosha, Hyre <br />