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NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN RESERVOIR STORAGE OWNERSHIP All ownerships of the North Platte Basin are above average except for the North Platte and Inland Lakes Ownerships. (1.000 acre-feet) Ownership of water End of October End of October Aistorical Uwnershi Total Percent of OWNERSHIP i W. Yr. 2001 30 Yr. Avg.3! % of Avg. W. Yr. 2000 W. Yr. 1999 W. Yr. 1998 Storage Ca aci Capacity Kendrick 1128.3 983.7 115 1255.8 1144.5 1153.2 1201.7 94 North Platte 17 460.9 502.2 92 808.8 684.9 865.3 1062.1 43 Glendo 148.2 139.8 106 167.6 1683 166.6 183.2 81 Inland Lakes 2/ 6.3 11.8 53 8.6 27.4 11.4 46.0 14 Cheyenne 6( 4.5 4.3 4/ 105 8.6 4.0 4.6 10.0 45 PacifiCorp 7/ 2.0 1.6 5/ 125 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 100 Excess 13.5 2.6 519 10.1 7.6 35.4 N/A N/A 1/This includes North Platte Guernsey and North Platte Pathtinder. 2/Water stored temporarily in mainstem facilities for later transfer to the Inland Lakes. This table does not reflect that water currently stored in the Inland Lakes. 3/30 year average (1971-2000) 4119 year average.(1982-2000) 5/27 year average.(1974-2000) 6/The City of Cheyenne obtains water by exchange from the Upper North Platte Basin through a system of trans-basin diversions. An account is maintained for them in Seminoe Reservoir when reservoir storage space is available. 7/Pacific Power has a storage right to store water in Glendo Reservoir for the Dave Johnston Powerplant. As cooling water is taken from the North Platte River at the powerplant, the account in Glendo Reservoir is reduced accordingly. 8/Water which does not have a storage right and is captured in the reservoirs is labeled excess water. In accordance with the 2000 Natural Flow and Ownership Procedures, an operational account containing up to 15,000 acre-feet of water is being maintained. On October 31, 2000, the excess account contained 13,506 acre-feet, which includes the 7,976 acre-feet of operational water. 5