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<br />.2- <br /> <br />Secand. That -the primary pubUo btmef'i1i of -the Sutherland <br />and Tri..co1mty Project is the 1'\lrnish1:a& 01' supp1elllel'rta.l irrlgatilllll <br />_ter to the 1l1Jlds .orved bJ' their reapeotiTe 1Ipl't_. regardl... 01' <br />the effec-t of 'the prooedure req,uired. in tll1'nlllb1Dg such _tar upon <br />the generatlCID of h,w-o-e1ectrlo1t7. <br /> <br />Third: That all prior rights to the water of the North <br />and South Platte Rivers must be satief'1ed before ....ter is a'1a11ab10 <br />to these Projects. r <br /> <br />AdoptiDg these fac-tll as the bash for the study, the oono1usiCID <br />is immediately drBftD that primarily Col~us should be considered a baso <br />load plaJ1t uti1hinge.11 &vaUable _tel' tor the genere;tlon of power at <br />a'll times to the oapaoity 01' the;!; Projeot Sys-telD.. <br /> <br />It lIlut be further oonoluded on this b ash that the pla:ots of <br />th" SutberlaDd BDd Tri-CoUl1ty PNjeotll auet be oons1dered baae load plante <br />in the generation of' pcIInIJ' w1th _ter whioh they f'umiah f'w irrige;l;ll1!l <br />end in addlticm, all 19l1I.ter wb1.oh they Jauet pe,ss to satlllty prior rights <br />darblg tlIe irrigaticm. season. as ..,,11 a.& all _tel' which their facilitios <br />do not pendt thelll to store. such as the rl_ of the South Platts River. <br /> <br />Certain physioal li&1tationa of the Project Systelll also haft te <br />be tabll into oonsid.eratiOll. <br /> <br />First, The l1nl1ting recter of O!ID.al oapaol1:iea throughout all of' <br />the Project Systea. <br /> <br />Sec<md. The preaeat CGDd1tiOJl of' the Smherland Re8oI'Voir whioh <br />1t is believed l1ll1te the eeenOmioal rlorage of the Res62"Voir. to the <br />lIinlaum rsquiremeDi: f"r the flexibility of the System <<011. tbe1"ef'on <br />&king It neoeesary f,: the Tri.CoUll1;y Projeot. on R llCOI1<aio bade to <br />assist the Sutherland roject iJl o<murrtl:lg water. by stor1Bg SutherllLnd <br />il'1'igaticm _tor beh1Dd tIM Kingsley Daa, UDtU 8'80h time aa the physical <br />condition of the Svl;herlaBd. Reservoir has improved, IIIId storage 1:11 the <br />ReseI'Volr 10 eofln_lcally feasible. The physioal It.itatian at the <br />Sutherland Canal wae sach that 1200 c.f.s. had beSll adopted ae l!l oapaoity <br />of that Proje<Jt Cmal 51St_. <br /> <br />Purl_I', it 1PIB.S deEDed dSIl1rab14 ill the stud,. to 11\;111&0 only <br />sterage ef the<\U~81ey Reservoil' for river regulation and bold1:llg the <br />!Jtorage of 15.000 acre feet at the Jeff'rtsy Regulating Reservoir ud <br />55,000 acre fee't at the JohDsGD Reservoir. as facilities to give f'le~ <br />1bUity to the operatiOl1 of the Project Systea ell. a .......1"'_ utllhaticm <br />of the f'lood waters of' the South Platte River. <br /> <br />Proceeding with the study em th& bash and lildtatloaa dhouasecl <br />&bOTtI, Curves 1 to 18 were prepared and the ollM'es segJ'ega~ wator IIIld <br />power generatlcm 111 "':he operatia of' the projects 111 such a _y "that there <br />is obtained in Curve 16 a base load pcl'REll" curve. additional power frea <br />storage _tel" firm p....,.gl" ourve aJld a dlllllp pcMlU' OIlTVe. 0.11 .f'itted into a <br />o~ of the genarat~,.. of hydro-aleC'triolty in the State of Nebraeka. <br />