Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Water Year 2005 Summary of Actual Operations

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and Aurora take direct delivery of water from the reservoir through the Otero Pipeline. The operation of Twin Lakes also provides for recreation and wildlife habitat. Pueblo Dam and Reservoir are located on the Arkansas River 6 miles west of the city of Pueblo, Colorado. The reservoir is the terminal storage facility for the Fryingpan- Arkansas Project and has a total storage capacity of 349,940 acre -feet at a water surface elevation of 4898.7 feet. The upper 26,991 acre -feet of storage space are reserved for flood control at all times, and an additional 66,000 acre -feet of space are reserved from April 15 through November 1. Non - project water may be stored in the reservoir under temporary contract. Native inflow can be stored when the project storage right is in priority or under the winter water storage program (WWSP). Under the WWSP, irrigators are permitted to store native Arkansas River water in Pueblo Reservoir during the winter months for an additional supply of irrigation water, on the condition that the water is used before May 1 of the next water year. The majority of project water deliveries is made from the reservoir. The Fountain Valley Authority, the Pueblo West Metropolitan District, and the Pueblo Board of Water Works take direct delivery of municipal water through the south outlet works and joint -use manifold. A direct irrigation delivery is made to the Bessemer Ditch. Other project deliveries are made as releases to the Arkansas River for diversion downstream. Pueblo Reservoir is also operated to provide for recreation and wildlife habitat. III. HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AND MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS —WATER YEAR 2005 Water year 2005 was a wet one for the Fryingpan River basin when compared to the previous several years. The water year began with above - average precipitation measurements and continued that way until the end of the summer. However, the snowpack -water content was never higher than 87 percent of average. The wet conditions were directly reflected in the continuous high inflow observed during the spring and summer months. Inflow totals for October through July were 118.5 percent of average. The runoff season was an extended one, with higher than normal inflows observed until September. By the end of the water year, the total inflow had reached 100,900 acre -feet, 21,800 acre -feet higher than the previous year and 77 percent of average. The April through July season produced a total of 73,700 acre -feet of inflow, 17,700 acre -feet higher than water year 2004. IV. REPORT ON OPERATIONS DURING WATER YEAR 2005 A. Ruedi Reservoir Ruedi Reservoir began the water year with a storage content of 83,851 acre -feet, which is 89 percent of average. Given the runoff predictions for the following year,