Operating Criteria Adopted for Narrows Reservoir

• Description: Narrows Reservoir
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: Operating Criteria Adopted for Narrows Reservoir
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Operating Principles/Plan

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dry according to predictable runoff conditions. (1) wet, when the
annual runoff at Kersey is more than 100,000 acre -.feet above the
1925 -1945 average; (2) normal, when the departure is less than
100,000 acre -feet; and (3) dry, when the runoff is greater than 100
acre -feet below the average. The space vacated by April 15 for flood
control use based on this classification is as follows:
Classification Basic flood
of
control
year
space
Wet
250, 000
Normal
250
Dry
250
Joint flood control
and irrigation spare
to be vacated by
April 15
75,000
50,000
25,000
total space
to be available
for
flood control
325,000
300,000
2,'5,000
Provided the inflow is adequate, the ,joint -use space may be filled
during the month of June.