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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MONITORING IRRIGATION DIVERSIDNS <br />IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN UTILIZING REAL-TIME DATA <br /> <br />The ability to monitor irrigation diversions on a <br />real-time basis is essential in the effective administra- <br />tion of the South Platte River. Downstream of Denver, <br />over 9~ of water use is for irrigation. The major irri- <br />gation canals, which include the Burlington-Wellington <br />Canal, the Union Ditch. the North Sterling Canal. the <br />Lower Latham Canal, and the Riverside Canal, have rela- <br />tively large and senior water rights. The Bur1ington- <br />Wellington Canal (BURCANCO), for example, has a direct <br />diversion right of 377 cfs. <br /> <br />Th~ hydrograph shown plots real-time discharge data <br />for BURCANCO for the period June 27 to July I. 19B7. <br />BURCANCO diverted approximately 5DO cfs on June 27. 19B7, <br />and approximately 8DD cfs beginning on June 29, 1987. The <br />additional amounts were due to a reservoir release from <br />Chatfield Reservoir on June 26, 1987, and the availability <br />of excess flood water on June 29, 1987. <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br /> 1000 <br />!. <br /> 800 <br /> D 600 <br /> Ii <br />. C <br />H <br /> R 400 <br /> G <br /> 200 <br />. <br /> 0 <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Alan Berryman. Division 1 Engineer <br />Keith De1ventha1. Water Commissioner, District 2 <br /> <br />1987 <br /> <br /> -" <br /> ~ ~ <br />y <br /> <br />JUN27 <br /> <br />JUN28 <br /> <br />JUN29 <br />DAYS <br /> <br />JUN30 <br /> <br />JUL01 <br /> <br />8URCANCO/DI5CHRG <br /> <br />-91- <br />