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<br />GG0538 <br /> <br />Provision of any additional minimum pool will, therefore, <br /> <br />need to be supported by recreation and fish and wildlife usage and <br /> <br />requirements. Data presently available indicate that a larger <br /> <br />minimum pool cannot be economically .justified for those purposes, <br /> <br />Also, the project authorizing legislation has been inter- <br /> <br />preted by some Reclamation personnel to preclude provision of any <br /> <br />minimum pool for recreation purposes or allocation of any project <br /> <br />costs to recreation other than the costs of specific recreation <br /> <br />facilities, <br /> <br />For these reasons, it now appears that only a very small <br /> <br />minimum pool can be provided in the reservoir, However, present <br /> <br />'u <br /> <br />~ operation studies indicate that the active reservoir storage content <br /> <br />'^\ <br />n\~ \ .~will usually be quite large during the prime recreation season and that <br />n~ ()', <br />L to <br />, drawdown/the minimum pool level would occur only rarely during the <br />,t; <br />early spring period. This will result primarily from operation of <br /> <br />" <br />>:/ <br /> <br />,. <br />, <br /> <br />~~ ",: <br />,/,,' the <br />I/;t." <br />" <br />" <br /> <br />reservoir to provide M & I water throughout the year rather than <br /> <br />the usual late summer drawdown period for irrigation. <br /> <br />') <br />'. <br /> <br />The increased water supply that will be provided by the <br /> <br />project is estimated at about 70,000 acre-feet, The increased <br /> <br />depletion of Colorado River water due to the project is tentatively <br /> <br />estimated at 50,000 acre-feet, <br /> <br />7 <br />