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<br />. . <br />0G2516 <br /> <br />r->>mcl -2- 0 <br /> <br />tJ!"o,iection of potential possibi1iti':s for main sten storare on Lhe lal"Jer <br /> <br />reaches of the South ?J.atte. <br /> <br />To determine ho,,, mnch of <br /> <br />(1 (173) <br />theine, <br /> <br />770 acre-feet of' undeveloned flow <br /> <br />Hould have actllally been avr,t5.Llhle, I ;1Onld sUf'[!est that He K') (,hrOUfch <br /> <br />the [(il11 m'l inp- steps: <br /> <br />(1) That He take into .Jcco'mt the i.mDact of Chatfield and Bear Creek <br />TI'Co,iects' and the nossi.bi1ity of 1\J-tcrnative kl bei.nr ~nstituted. <br /> <br />(2) That 1<e further take iato account the imnlementation of Alter~eti.ve <br />i13, upl:cr tributary RtorJfe. <br /> <br />(3) .i'hat ',e project the comnletion of tiildcat project o:h;ch nlans <br />to divnrt ~iomR 1..t:;,000 acre-feet of water per /(('aY'.i~}~~:) pr'o.iect <br />should not reall.y be li'3ted in the alternatives. t is beinf' <br />built by private f1lnds nnd shcnJd be in the nrocess of reinf <br />cons'crlJcted before this study is completed.) <br /> <br />(hl Since thi" j" also desif'npd as a flo"d conLroJ nro.iect, '",ith <br />h75,ooo acre-feet set. aside for storage and an additional <br />75,000 acre-fAet for .ioi.i1t use of irriC'ation and flood control, <br />we can then rro,iect the amount of I-lat,er over 550,000 acre-feet <br />;;hich ;;ould have Leen released into the river in 19730 <br /> <br />( ,~) co. . ~ d <br />-" ,;l.nce tIns nro.iect i.n YOllT' study is al~3o il0sirne to reOArate <br />electrical pm.;er, \ve should be ab]e to pro,icct the rate of <br />rele33C needed to maintain veneratinq caDacity. <br /> <br />I <br />(6) Since, as your study f:urr:csts, t,h~alluvi.al aC'iui.fer benCRth <br />the D1'onO:1ed site is qui.te Dorous, He ShOl.1ld nr'o,iect the amount <br />of vlater that lionlr! }'e lost throu~h seepa~e. <br /> <br />'". <br /> <br />(7) ~ince anr'I'oxir:1nte1.y r\ depth of' four feet of water is lost from <br />tnr sllrf'ace of e I'pscrvoir eilch yea.r in our arid Colorado clirr.ate <br />it srou] d be Dossibll? to r:ro,4ect the amount lost throuvh eV3norationo <br />con~)ideration, <br />Tai{.inr- t,hc:-;~'} <:rId oIJh('l~ ~'().";;i.hlE fd~>t;or.s .]. ni,o/l i t .s~loulrl be Dossible to <br /> <br />COUif) un l:i.t.h a re3r;(JrlClhle r.;[iti.:"'l:lte of t.he amount of -r.-rater that ..-l'ould r..;.1Ve <br />l:":3.ch '1.....,'1r <br />teen avaiJahle behind the dnm/tD ~3rr:v 1.1S throl.lr;h the 1976-73 droucrht. <br /> <br />'l'h: next question t,~lt nends to be addressed is how much of that <br /> <br />Bvailable l,-Jater ..JOlJlrl have heen deli.verable to the noints of need if it <br /> <br />had been stored hehi.nd th" dam. <br /> <br />