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<br /> <br />" <br /> <br />8.440 to permit drainage. will discharge 1.265 seoond-feet eaoh wi th <br /> <br /> <br />the water surfaoe at elevation 8.480. <br /> <br /> <br />Land Aoquisition <br /> <br /> <br />4. The project plan provides that land will be acquired in <br /> <br /> <br />fee simple to elevation 8.683.0 feet. bottom of inviolate flood <br /> <br /> <br />control pool. including a strip 300 feet wide from that oontour. <br /> <br /> <br />It is expeoted that flood easements will be obtained on property <br /> <br /> <br />within the extreme headwaters of the reservoir since the greater <br /> <br /> <br />part of this property will seldam be flooded. <br /> <br /> <br />Opera tl.on <br /> <br /> <br />5. Wagon Wheel Gap '.Reservoir will be operated for irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />and for flood oontrol in oompliance wi th the Rio Grende Compaot. <br /> <br /> <br />The capacity will be 500.000 acre-feet of whioh 300.000 aore-feet <br /> <br /> <br />will be for joint use of irrigation and flood oontrol for the San <br /> <br /> <br />Luis Valley. This 300.000 aore-feet storage will be between stream- <br /> <br /> <br />bed elevation 8.440 and elevation 8.650. There will be 140,000 <br /> <br /> <br />aore-feet of flood oontrol for the Middle Rio Grande Valley which <br /> <br /> <br />will be stored from elevation 8.650 to elevation 8,683. the bottom <br /> <br /> <br />of the inviolate flood oontrol pool. This flood water will be <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />,. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />evacuated in winter prior to the end of the calendar year. except <br />5,000 acre-feet in January and February. to comply with the Rio <br />Grande Compaot. The inviolate flood control. from elevation 8.683 <br />to elevation 8.695, is designed for temporary retention of 60,000 <br />acre-feet of rain-flood and will be evacuated as soon as possible. <br />Flood control storage in Wagon Wheel Gap ~eservoir will be operated <br />insofar as possible so that the maximum flow at Otowi. New )lexico <br />will not exoeed 5.000 seoond-feet. <br /> <br />1185 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />