BOARD02184

• Board Meeting Date: 9/13/2004
• Description: Flood Section - 2002 Chatfield Drought Declaration Reconsideration
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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vaticn 5,423 feet) a~d the upper limit of 26,bJ4.

acre-feet (elevation S,4JZ re~t).; p~ovided that

the reservoir shall b~ operated as n~arJy as

practiCable to the ~nd that at.least 20,OOC acre-

(eet of ~atcr (~levution 5,4Zo.94) is in sto~age

during the period ~dY

-- ~ugust 31 of. each

year.

The (ontractor recog" i zcs the i If1portance

of tho ~Iinimum level of ~O,OQO acre feet La the

recreation of Chatfield and theref~re commits

itself to use its best efforts to operate the"

reservoir at this.minimum level during" said

nlonths.

The boara bel ieves that it is possible

to maintain tne -reservoir at this mininlum level

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throU9h th2 appropriate months, e~cept in periods

of drought or under circumstances ~eyond the- con-

trol of ,the Contractor.

2) eecduse of seasonal vilriatiuns in the available

water SUppl'l and evaporation rates, the goal of

maintaininq 20,000 ~cre-feet of water in storage

eve~y year may not be continually attainable

and t.he amOunt of w.1ter in storage may be allowed

to flUCtuate dS tho~e conditi~ns require, but

riot nbove e'~v~tio~ 5,~J2 feet nor oalow eleva-

tion 5,423 fc~t, ~"c:.(';H as,$".'!v~re .lnd pr.olongQIj

drougrlt con~ilion~, ~s suc~ -drought conditions

~re reasonably determined ty .the ColorDdO Water

:onsarvatlon uoard may require the Contr~ctor

unavoid<3bl y to cause the level of storage to

dt:cr~.::J,SI? belo:..' el€-v3tion :;,423 feet in orocr to

satisfy its charter Ol.lligdtions to'provide munic-

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i ;>'.11 ~~ter sUlJpl,y.

3)

Contrac.tor sh.:Jll nol bt! rl?Quired to regulate"

.Slora~e in the r~servoir to replace evaporation

thcrefro~ ~~Ov~ cl~J~tion 5,432 f~et. un'~ss

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