Physical History of the Platte River in Nebraska

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t Table 2.2 Storage reservoirs in the study area by sub -area and capacity (over 5,000 acre -feet) Name Antero Park Reservoir M Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir I -M Cheesman Lake M Spinney Reservoir M -I -R Chatfield Lake FC -F -R Marston Lake M Mt. Carbon Dam and Bear FC -F -R Creek Lake Cherry Creek Dam and FC -R Reservoir Ralston Reservoir M Barr Lake I Gross Reservoir M Standley Lake I -M Owned and operated by Denver Water Board, reservoir capacity — 15,878 acre -feet Owned and operated by Denver Water Board, reservoir capacity — 97,779 acre -feet Owned and operated by Denver Water Board, reservoir capacity — 79,060 acre -feet Owned and operated by the city of Aurora, capacity — 48,000 acre -feet Corps of Engineers, reservoir capacity — 235,000 acre - feet An offstream reservoir used by the Denver Water Board for temporary storage of municipal water, capacity — 17,213 acre -feet Built by Corps of Engineers primarily for flood control, — capacity 46,410 acre -feet Corps of Engineers, reservoir capacity — 95,000 acre - feet Stores transmountain diversions which come from Gross Reservoir down Boulder Creek, thence to Ralston by a 9.6 -mile long conduit. Water used for Denver's winter municipal supply, capacity — 11,270 acre -feet Offstream reservoir, capacity — 32,140 acre -feet Provides storage and regulation of Denver's transmountain diversions through Moffat Tunnel, reservoir capacity — 41,811 acre -feet Stores Water from Coal and Woman Creeks and Farmers Highline Canal. Supplies some municipal water to Westminster, Colorado, reservoir capacity — 10,260 acre -feet Horse Creek Reservoir I A USBR offstream reservoir, capacity — 16,970 acre - feet Prospect I Storage — 5,610 acre -feet Marshall Lake I Offstream reservoir, capacity — 10,260 acre -feet Barkers Meadow Reservoir P Reservoir capacity — 11,680 acre -feet, 20,000 kW — operated by Colorado Public Service Co. 10