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<br />I <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />I <br />,. <br />II <br />!I <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />:. <br />, <br /> <br />II <br />I <br />:1 <br />I <br />:1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />! <br /> <br />II <br />II <br /> <br />STUDY RECONNAISSANCE <br /> <br />Initial Meetings <br /> <br />The Dry Creek Basin is an extremely complex hydrologic drainage <br /> <br />basin that required a more than normal amount of initial <br /> <br /> <br />reconnalssance. The irrigation canals and reservoirs contribute <br /> <br />grea tly to this complexity, and initial meetings were held with <br /> <br />the major irrigation companies to review operation of their <br /> <br />systems. <br /> <br />Meetings were held separately with the Eaton Ditch Company, the <br /> <br />Water Supply and Storage Company and the North Poudre Irrigation <br /> <br />Company. All ditch companies showed an awareness of the impact <br /> <br />of their system on the hydrology of the basin, and all were <br /> <br />helpful in providing information on the operation of their <br /> <br />canals and reservoirs. <br /> <br />Information pertinent to this study was that, in most cases, <br /> <br /> <br />the irrigation canals have a normal operating capacity, defined <br /> <br /> <br />by their water rights, and a greater bankful capacity. The <br /> <br /> <br />difference between the bankful and normal discharges is the <br /> <br /> <br />capacity generally available to intercept drainage flows during <br /> <br />,:,;f~, <br />-~'......:~---'- <br />