Water Supply and Utilization Report (2)

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ir ? NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN RESERVOIR STORAGE OWNERSHIP Al1 ownerships of the North Platte Basin are near or above average except for the North Platte Ownership. Ownership of water End of September End afS?ptember ?3 Historical tlwnersLi Total Percent of OWNERSHIP W. Yr. 2000 30 Yr. Avg. 3/ % of Avg. W.Yr ?1999 Yt':_ ?1998 W;"Yr i997 StOi'age Ca aci CapaCity Kendrick 1132.0 989.0 114 ?161,4 . _=1I48 6: ;,- -1156;4 1201.7 94 North Platte 1/ 439.2 471.4 93 1174,2 799.8' 1062.1 41 Glendo 149.4 141.9 105 168.0 1693f 168.4 . 183.2 82 InlandLakes 2! 0.0 0.0 0 ?0.0 _00 : '0:0'' 46.0 0 Cheyenne 6/ 3.7 3.8 4/ 97 F:7,1 ?: 3 0 `3:2 10.0 37 PacifiCorp 2.0 1.8 5/ 111 2.0 -10 2.0 100 Excess 1 13.6 2.9 469 ;10.2 ? _;?'.,77 :":? -'-35.7 '` N/A N/A I/This includes North Platte Guernsey and North Platte Pathfinder. _Z/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 (1970-1999) 4/18 year average.(1982-1999) ,5./26 year average.(1974-1999) 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 September 30, 2000, the excess account contained 13,578 acre-feet, which includes the 8,031 acre-feet of operational water. 5