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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />WATER SuPPLY <br /> <br />The District has direct flow and storage water rights from the <br />South Platte River. The water is diverted during high spring flows <br />to fill the three reservoirs owned by the District and to irrigate. <br />when the water rights are out of priority and no further water can <br />be diverted from the South Platte River, the District then uses <br />water from the reservoirs. Prospect Reservoir is the lowest <br />elevation reservoir in the system which has the least flexibility <br />for providing water to all of the water users but the enlarged <br />volume would be beneficial. In an average year the District <br />provides about 30,000 acre-feet of storage water to 32,800 acres, <br />this is in addition to the direct flow water when available. <br /> <br />The reservoir would be filled with irrigation water from the Hudson <br />Canal followed by the Henrylyn Canal which diverts water from the <br />South Platte River. There is essentially no flow in the small <br />tributary in which the reservoir is located. <br /> <br />RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Table 1 shows the elevation-area-capacity values for the reservoir <br />based upon the Division Engineers records for the existing <br />reservoir and Quad map areas for the enlargement. The elevations <br />and corresponding gage heights are shown on Table 1. The <br />enlargement would involve an increase of about 2958 acre-feet of <br />additional storage which will inundate about 130 acres of land, <br />which must be purchased. <br /> <br />Prospect Dam <br /> <br />4 <br />