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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPI'ER II <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br />Under the project plan the peaking requirements for Artesia Canal for <br />the month of July would be met by storage releases from Artesia Reservoir <br />so that the required peak capacity at the head of Deadman Bench Canal <br />would be 2,050 second-feet or 370 second-feet less than the 2,420 second- <br />feet that would be required without the reservoir. Thus the inclusion of <br />Artesia Reservoir would permit the peak capacity of about 120 miles of <br />the Deadman Bench Canal to be reduced by about 370 second-feet. <br /> <br />Juniper Reservoir operation and energy production <br /> <br />A simulated operation of the Juniper Reservoir and estimates of energy <br />production for the 40-year period 1922 through 1961 are summarized in the <br />table on the following page, <br /> <br />The annual reservoir filling season includes. the continuous period <br />during which the monthly inflows would exceed the monthly project water <br />requirements and releases and storage water would accumulate in the reser- <br />voir, The annual reservoir drawdown season following the filling season <br />includes the continuous period during which the monthly inflows would be <br />less than the monthly project water requirements and release of storage <br />water would be necessary to supplement inflows in meeting the project <br />requirements, The filling season usually includes the months of March <br />or April through Mayor June with the following drawdown season including <br />. the months of June or July through the following February or March.. <br /> <br />The reservoir operation shown is based on releases at the Juniper Dam <br />to meet the monthly project irrigation water requirements, a minimum con- <br />tinuous release of 200 second-feet to Yampa River for stream fishery and <br />power production at practically 100 percent plant factor for approximately <br />2,500 kilowatts, and an additional firm monthly release ~f 23,000 acre-feet <br />for peaking power production at a minimum monthly and annual plant factor <br />of approximately 18 percent for the 27.500 kilowatts of peaking capacity <br />at the 30.000-kilowatt plant, Release of firm monthly peaking power water <br />could vary by hours and days during the month as required for power peak- <br />ing operations, Also some flexibility in storage operations during the <br />reservoir draw down season would permit conservation of peaking power water <br />for release only during system peak load seasons and thus would permit <br />peaking operations at a higher weekly or seasonal plant factor in such <br />seasons within the limits of the average annual release of 276,000 acre- <br />feet, <br /> <br />With coordinated operation of Juniper and Artesia Reservoirs the esti- <br />mated normal monthly project water requirements for releases at Juniper Dam, <br />including the requirement for evaporation losses at Artesia Reservoir, <br />would be approximately as shown on page 41. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />39 <br />