8279

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8279
• Author: Brown and Caldwell.
• Title: Phase 1 Coordinated Facilities Water Availability Study for the Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River.
• USFW Year: 2000.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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3.6 POWER PLANT OPERATIONS AND SCHEDULING ................................................ 3-41
3.6.1 Alternative 5a: East Slope Power Operation and Scheduling ............................ 3-41
3.6.2 Alternative 5b: Shoshone Power Plant .............................................................. 3-43
3.6.3 Alternative 5c: Grand Valley Power Plant ......................................................... 3-44
3.7 OTHER ALTERNATIVES .............................................................................................. 3-45
3.7.1 Alternative 6a: Insurance Pool ........................................................................... 3-45
3.7.2 Alternative 6b: Obtain Historic Consumptive Use Credits ................................ 3-45
CHAPTER 4 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ............................................... 4-1
4.1 INTRODUCTION .............. ............. .. 4-1
4.2 SUMMARY REVIEW OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................ .. 4-1
4.3 DISPOSITION OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................. .. 4-1
4.3.1 Alternatives 1 a through 1 g: Expanded Coordinated Reservoir Operations ...... .. 4-1
4.3.1.1 Disposition .......................................................................................... 4
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4.3.1.2 Basis of Disposition ............................................................................ 4
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4.3.2 Alternative lc, Ruedi Reservoir Pumpback ....................................................... .. 4-3
4.3.2.1 Disposition .......................................................................................... .. 4-3
4.3.2.2 Basis for Disposition ........................................................................... .. 4-3
4.3.3 Grand Valley Centric Alternatives ..................................................................... .. 4-4
4.3.3.1 Disposition .......................................................................................... .. 4-4
4.3.3.2 Basis for Disposition ........................................................................... .. 4-4
4.3.4 Alternative 3: Efficiencies of Conveyance and Distribution Systems .............. .. 4-5
4.3.4.1 Alternative 3a: Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District........ .. 4-5
4.3.4.2 Alternative 3b: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District .. 4-5
4.3.4.3 Alternative 3c: Municipalities (Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Aurora,
and Denver Water) ....................................................................................... .. 4-6
4.3.4.4 Alternative 3d: Reanalysis of Grand Valley Water Management
Alternatives .................................................................................................. .. 4-6
4.3.4.4'.1 Disposition ................................................................................. .. 4-6
4.3.4.4.2 Basis of Disposition ................................................................... .. 4-6
4.3.4.5 Alternative 3e: Analysis of GVIC Water Management ..................... .. 4-6
4.3.5 Alternatives 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, and 4e: New Storage Projects Above Shoshone... .. 4-7
4.3.5.1 Disposition ............................................................................................ ..4-7
4.3.5.2 Basis for Disposition ............................................................................ .. 4-7
4.3.6 Alternatives 4f through 4o: New Storage Projects Below Shoshone ................ .. 4-7
4.3.6.1 New Mainstem Storage ...................................................................... .. 4-8
4.3.6.1.1 Disposition ................................................................................. .. 4-8
4.3.6.1.2 Basis of Disposition ................................................................... .. 4-8
4.3.6.2 Tributary Sites Without Pumping ....................................................... .. 4-9
4.3.6.2.1 Disposition ................................................................................. .. 4-9
4.3.6.2.2 Basis for Disposition .................................................................. .. 4-9
4.3.6.3 Tributary Sites With Pumping .............................................................. .. 4-9
4.3.6.3.1 Disposition ................................................................................. .. 4-9
4.3.6.3.2 Basis for Disposition .................................................................. 4-10
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