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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER II <br /> <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Looking east at lands within the Artesia Reservoir basin from a <br />point on Colorado Highway 64 about a half mile south of <br />Artesia, Colo. <br /> <br />During the peak requirement periods, which may occur in the latter <br />part of June and July and the early part of August, storage water from <br />Artesia Reservoir would be released to the Artesia Canal to supplement <br />the available supply from Deadman Bench Canal. The required storage <br />release from Artesia Reservoir in such hot and dry periods was estimated <br />from operation studies to total about 22,000 acre-feet for the season. <br />After being drawn down, Artesia Reservoir would be refilled by diver- <br />sions from Juniper Reservoir through Deadman Bench Canal during the <br />months of September, May, and June when ample canal capacity otherwise <br />unused directly for irrigation would be available. <br /> <br />In addition to providing supplementar; storage to meet peak irri- <br />gation requirements, Artesia Reservoir would provide short-term storage <br />far discharges from an emergency wasteway in the Deadman Bench Canal. <br /> <br />Stream depletions attributable to Juniper project <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Juniper project under the comprehensive development would deplete <br />the flows of the Colorado River at Lee Ferry by an average of 235,000 <br />acre-fee; annually. Of this amount, approximately 163,000 acre-feet <br />would result from consumptive use on project irrigated lands, 31,000 <br />acre-feet from increased evaporation in the project reservoir areas, and <br />41,000 acre-feet from other uses including unavoidable consumptive use <br />along project canals and on areas adjacent to the canals and irrigated <br />lands. <br /> <br />43 <br />