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Elkhead Reservoir is operated with the accounts and storage rights shown in Tables 4.5.8a -c. <br />TABLE 4.5.8A <br />Elkhead Reservoir Accounts <br />Reservoir <br />Account <br />Owner <br />Capacity acre -feet <br />Elkhead <br />1 <br />Crai St <br />8,754 <br />Elkhead <br />2 <br />Crai -muni <br />1,668 <br />Elkhead <br />3 <br />Consv- ool <br />3,277 <br />TABLE 4.5.8B <br />Elkhead Reservoir Storage Rights <br />Structure ID <br />Reservoir <br />Admin # <br />Amount acre -feet <br />Fill <br />443902 <br />Elkhead <br />42642.00000 <br />5,389 <br />1 <br />443902 <br />Elkhead <br />44925.44731 <br />8,310 <br />1 <br />The first priority represents CDOW's original storage right for recreational and fishery purposes; the <br />second right is the Yampa Participants' right for industrial storage. Based on the new capacity survey <br />and the 1990 agreements, the allocated storage is now 8,754 acre -feet for industrial uses by the <br />Yampa Participants, 1,668 acre -feet for municipal uses by the city and an estimated 3,277 acre -feet <br />for conservation purposes in the dead storage capacity. <br />TABLE 4.5.8C <br />Elkhead Reservoir Operating Rights <br />System = <br />Admin # <br />T e <br />Description <br />OPR ELKHD TO CRAIG STA <br />45290.44866 <br />2 <br />Release to direct diversion <br />OPR ELKHD TO CRAIG CTY <br />44925.44734 <br />2 <br />Release to direct diversion <br />1 <br />The first operational right supplies industrial water to satisfy shortages which may occur at the Craig <br />Station Units 1 and 2 after exercise of the senior direct flow rights diverted through the Craig Station <br />Ditch and Pipeline (440522). The administration number for this operating right is junior to both the <br />direct flow right at the direct diversion and the storage right at the reservoir. The amount of water <br />released to the direct diversion is restricted by the amount currently available in the account. <br />The second operational right supplies the city's storage water to satisfy shortages that may occur after <br />utilization of the city's direct flow water rights on the Yampa River, specifically the Craig Water <br />Supply Pipeline (440581). The administration number for this operating right is junior to both the <br />direct flow right at the direct diversion and the storage right at the reservoir. The amount of water <br />released to the direct diversion is restricted by the amount currently available in the account. <br />Operating Criteria File 4 -31 <br />