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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Water stored under the contract agreement can bp. released by the City for winter use, however, this has not been done in the past since the Community Ditch downstream of tlarshall lake is not winterized and heavy transmission losses would be experienced. To accomodate winter releases from Marshall Lake, the City is currently planning for construction of a pipeline to convey water from the outlet works of Marshall lake to the proposed water treatment facility. (See Figure 2) The pipeline will be available for year-round use, and may serve to reduce winter storage requirements during periods when the City has water stored in Marshall lake under the previously described agreement with FRIeD. It should be noted, however, that at the present time the proposed pipeline may not be used to release water stored in Harshall lake attributable to its share ownership in the Marshall lake Division. E. Water Utilization At times when Marshall Lake fills under its own storage decrees, water stored in Marshall Lake by the FRICD agreement must be either spilled or it will revert back to the ownership of the ditch company. Although the City is allowed to spill such water from Marshall Lake and exchange the water with other water users on Coal Creek or South Boulder Creek, the exchange potential is not always available at times when water would spill and water stored under the contract agreement is lost to the City of Louisville. A storage facility at either Louisville Reservoir or Harper Lake ~ould allow such water to be released from Marshall Lake into one of the two storage sites for subsequent use by the city. In addition, there will be periods wnen Marshall Lake will be filled to capacity at which time Louisville will have tne legal right to divert water under the rights of the Davidson, Goodhue and other junior ditches. Consequently, the City will have no storage vessels in which to store the water from these decrees. Base 25