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<br />CHAPTER IV - EFFECT OF PROJECTS <br /> <br />43. Upp.r Colorado Il.1ver Basin. - <br /> <br />a. Eff.ct of jo1Dt u.e apace at exiatiaa pro:!ects. - The Corpa of <br />1D81neer. ba. no flood control project. wlthin the Upper Colorado Region. <br />Five atoraa. wits con.truct.d by the Bureau of Racbaation witb joint <br />use apace (con.ervatlon and flood control) aa a specifically de.ignated <br />fwction were inatr_tal in reducina floodflow.. Joint u.e apace at <br />the re..rvolra is available only durina the .n_lt runoff .ea8On on <br />a foreca.t ba.1a '(nox-ally February throuah Jw.). P.rtinent data on <br />the.. Bureau projects are .hown in the following tabulation: <br /> <br />Project <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />Str_ <br /> <br />: Joint Use Space (ac-ft) <br /> <br />Blue Mea. Re.ervoir <br />LaIlon Re.ervoir <br />Navajo Re..rvolr <br />Paonia ....rvoir <br /> <br />Gunni.on River <br />Florida River <br />San Juan River <br />Muddy Creek (trib N.P. <br />Guan1aon River) <br />Lo. Pinoa (Pine) Il.1ver <br /> <br />748,500 <br />39,030 <br />1,036,100 <br /> <br />Vallecito ....rvoir <br /> <br />16,960 <br />125,400 <br /> <br />b. Taylor Park Re.ervolr on Taylor River and Ruedl ae.ervolr on <br />tha rrylnapan River, al.o Bureau of Recl_tlon re.ervolr., bave no <br />apacific re..rvation for flood control but provide aigniflcant flood <br />control b.nefits aa an incidental fwction, d.p8lldina on available <br />apac. at the tt.e of .now.elt runoff. <br /> <br />c. The follov1n& tabulation .how. how tbe operation of the joint <br />us. .pace flood control re.ervoir. raduced c~uted peak infl0V8 to <br />non-~1n& flows by reaulatina reaervoir relea... to the values shown. <br /> <br /> . Peak flow. - e.f... : Kaxi_ <br /> . <br />Proj.ct I Inf low I Outflow :Storage (ac-ft) <br />Blu. He.. Re..rvolr 8,172 2,349 829,300 <br />LaIlon Re..rvoir 1,062 800 36,075 <br />Navajo ....rvoir 11,978 5,447 1,731,300 <br />PaDIlia Re.ervoir R.A.. M.A.* R.A.* <br />Vallecito Re.ervoir 3,292 2,387 123,108 <br />*Mot available at ti_ of publication. <br /> <br />15 <br />