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<br />Skah (Queen) Nee Noshe (Standing Water), Nee Grande (Big Water) and Nee So Pah (Black <br />Water) reservoirs. Queen Reservoir is most commonly referred to by its English name while the <br />others are commonly referred to by their Indian names. Amity's water is transported in the Fort <br />Lyon Canal 45 miles downstream to the Kickingbird bifurcation. Amity then delivers this water to <br />the Great Plains reservoir system. As a result of a contract with the Great Plains Water and Storage <br />Company (a predecessor of Amity) Ft. Lyon also obtains water through Queen Reservoir (Tipton <br />and Kalmbach 1987). <br /> <br />The capacity of the Fl. Lyon Canal above the Kickingbird bifurcation has been reported to be <br />approximately 1,800 cfs. Downstream from the bifurcation structure the capacity has been reported <br />to range from approximately 1,500 cfs to approximately 600 cfs. A Parshall measuring flume has <br />been constructed on the Ft. Lyon Canal about two miles downstream from the diversion dam. The <br />flume measures diversions that are both FI. Lyon direct flow priorities and diversions for the Great <br />Plains Reservoir system (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). In its 1989-1990 investigation of the Fort <br />Lyon Canal system, the USGS calculated the flow rates of the Ft. Lyon Canal at several locations. <br />Although their data are not conclusive, it appears that the present capacity of the Ft. Lyon Canal <br />is less than stated in prior engineering reports (Dash 1993). <br /> <br />The Ft. Lyon Storage Canal delivers water from its headgate located on the north bank of the <br />Arkansas River about three miles east of Manzanola to Horse Creek Reservoir and Adobe Creek <br />Reservoir. The capacity of the canal has been reported to be approximately 2,000 cfs. The distance <br />from its point of diversion at the Arkansas River to Horse Creek Reservoir is approximately 33 miles <br />and the canal length to Adobe Creek Reservoir is approximately 45 miles. In addition, water for <br />storage may be obtained from both Horse Creek and Adobe Creek. Water in Horse Creek <br />Reservoir is released into the Horse Creek Outlet Canal and delivered to the Ft. Lyon Canal at a <br />point approximately 16 miles downstream from the Ft. Lyon Canal headgate. Water is released from <br />Adobe Creek Reservoir into Adobe Creek through the Adobe Creek Outlet Canal approximately <br />2.5 miles in length and then enters the Fl. Lyon Canal approximately 23 miles downstream from the <br />headgate. The storage water is used to supplement water delivered under the direct flow priorities <br />(Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). <br /> <br />Losses in the system have been estimated to be 17% for the Fort Lyon storage canal, 30% for the <br />Fort Lyon Canal and 10% for the laterals. A portion of these losses do not return back to the <br />stream system (Woodward-Clyde 1981). <br /> <br />The Ft. Lyon Canal Company also has constructed Thurston Reservoir (near the lower end of its <br />system) which has a decreed capacity of 1,515 acre-feet. This structure originally was used to deliver <br />water to Amity with Ft. Lyon receiving water from Amity by exchange. In 1984 the Fl. Lyon Canal <br />Company constructed a pump and pipeline on Thurston Reservoir so that the water could be <br />pumped from the reservoir back into the Ft. Lyon Canal. Thurston Reservoir is a minor source of <br />additional supply to the company (Tipton and Kalmbach 1987). <br /> <br />In 1983 the company developed a Feasibility Report for the Rehabilitation and Betterment of the <br />Fort Lyon Canal System (Tipton and Kalmbach 1983). The report was initiated in part to obtain <br /> <br />3-2 <br />