BOARD00718

• Board Meeting Date: 11/25/2002
• Description: Flood Section - Chatfield Reservoir Drought Declaration
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Engineer or' an' authorized ditch representative under the supervision

of the State Engineer. The State Engineer will monitor and'control

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the amount of water taken by each irrigation canal. The physical

operation of all other regulating valves on the canal supply penstocks
will be made by the Government. The State Engineer will be notified

by the Government of any emergency that will affect the delivery of

the terminal end at any canal penstock.

b. River Outlet Gates. The physical operation of the river

control gates located in the control tower of the dam will be made by

the Government.

Article 5. Sta!l:e-Discharge Reference Gaj1;es.

a. Reservoir Pool Level Gaj1;e. The reservoir elevation utilized

in determining the storage content of the reservoir will be obtained

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from the pool level recorder located in the control tower of the Dam

For convenience in operation, the tower pool recorder reading will be

remotely registered in the office of the Reservoir Superintendent and
may be utilized in lieu of the tower reading for determining reservoir

storage content. The tower recorder will be considered the official

register of pool elevation in the event of conflict.
b. Reservoir Outflow Ga~es.
(1) Outflow to River. The amount of water released from the

reservoir to the river will be determined from the gage height measured

at the river gaging station located approximately 800 feet below the

dam. The river gage height will be recorded at the gaging station and

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