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<br />• <br />• <br />APPENDIX B. RESERVOIR OPERATING RULES DURING THE NON-IRRIGATION SEASON FOR PREDICTED <br />YEAR TYPES (summarized from: Appendix A, Water Component; TAB IA, An Environmental Account for Storage <br />Reservoirs on the Platte River System in Nebraska, of the Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts <br />Relatin.e to Endaneered Species Habitats AlonQ the Central Platte River, Nebraska) <br />Year Type Lake Keystone CNPPID Diversion Dam' Other <br /> McConaughy Diversion Dam' <br /> Contents' <br />Very Wet 700 cfs Oct. 10 - Nov. 15: No upper limit on outflows from <br /> _ 1,000 cfs; Avg. 1,600 cfs Lake McConaughy other than <br /> Plus PSNIZ Avg. z 875 cfs meeting standards for safety and <br /> > 2.1 maf Nov. 16-Feb. 14: beneficial use. <br /> >_800 cfs; Avg. 1,000 cfs <br /> Feb. 15-Mav la: <br /> _ 1,100 cfs; Avg. 1,400 cfs <br />Wet >_ 1.50 maf or >_ 700 cfs Oct. 10 - Nov. 15: No upper limit on outflows from <br /> >_900 cfs; Avg. 1,200 cfs Lake McConaughy other than <br /> Plus PSNI2: If Oct.l lake level meering standards for safety and <br /> 1.85 maf - 2.1 maf is <1.25maf: Nov. 16-Feb. 14: beneficial use. <br /> >_450 cfs >_800 cfs; Avg. 1,000 cfs <br /> Releases should be managed to allow <br /> Feb. 15-May l4: Lake McConaughy to fill to = 1.5 maf <br /> >_ 1,000 cfs; Avg. 1,240 cfs by Mar. 31 and to licensed or <br /> authorized capacity thereafter. <br /> Filling to less than z 1.5 maf by Mar. <br /> 31 is allowed if expected inflows <br /> after that date could cause spills or <br /> downstream flooding. <br /> If needed to allow Lake McConaughy <br /> to fill, releases from CNPPID <br /> Diversion Dam could follow rates <br /> outlined for Transitional conditions. <br />Transitional Between wet and >_450 cfs Oct. 10 - Nov. 15: No upper limit on outflows from <br /> dry conditions _ 900 cfs; Avg. 1,000 cfs Lake McConaughy other than <br /> Avg. s 900 cfs meeting standards of safety and <br /> (exclusive of the Nov. 16-Feb. 14: beneficial use. <br /> EA) _ 800 cfs; Avg. 950 cfs <br /> Releases should be managed to allow <br /> Feb. 15-Mav 14: Lake McConaughy to fill to between <br /> >_ 850 cfs; Avg. 1,100 cfs 1.27 and 1.5 maf by Mar. 31, taking <br /> into account if the transition is from <br /> wet to dry or dry to wet. <br /> If needed to allow Lake McConaughy <br /> to fill, releases from CNPPID <br /> Diversion Dam could follow rates <br /> outlined for dry conditions. <br />Water Year 2008 EA AOP 20 October 15, 2007