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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />SECTION 7 <br /> <br />CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Based on the data and analysis presented in this report, the following conclusions and <br />recommendations are presented: <br /> <br />1. Available water rights to those entities expressing interest in acquiring and <br />utilizing reallocated storage space in Chatfield Reservoir are sufficient to allow <br />these entities to make efficient use of at least 20,600 acre-feet of reallocated <br />Chatfield Reservoir storage. <br /> <br />2. If the new HEC-5 modeling runs by the Omaha District, U.S. Army Corps of <br />Engineers for investigating Chatfield Reservoir, Bear Creek Reservoir and Cherry <br />Creek Reservoir system operations indicate potential for reallocating more than <br />20,600 acre-feet of storage in Chatfield Reservoir, the analysis described in this <br />report for determining the effects of reallocating Chatfield Reservoir storage <br />could be repeated for a larger reallocated storage pool. <br /> <br />3. Operation of reallocated storage in Chatfield Reservoir to meet Denver Water's <br />demand schedule produced the greatest average increase in Chatfield Reservoir <br />water surface elevations (approximately 9 feet for the 20,600 acre-feet reallocated <br />storage pool) and operation for the South Metro Water Users resulted in' the least <br />average increase in water surface elevations (approximately 3.5 feet for the <br />20,600 acre-feetpool). These average increases of9 feet and 3.5 feet are on top <br />of the fluctuating Denver Water operations pool. <br /> <br />4. It will be necessary for those entities who are concerned with increased reservoir <br />water surface elevations in Chatfield Reservoir resulting from storage reallocation. <br />to carefully review the results p:resented in Figures l-E through 15-E herem to <br />determine the increased frequency of higher reservoir water surface elevations. <br /> <br />5. During the study period, there are drought years in which there was no water <br />availabie for storage in the reallocated storage pools. During these drought years, <br />consequently, there would be no effect on reservoir water surface elevations <br />from reallocation of storage space. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />P:\Data\GEN\CWCB\Chatfield\Report12.02\Report12.02.doc <br /> <br />19 <br />