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<br />..&. <br /> <br />'\, <br /> <br />In order to dotel'lDllle _ter available tar storago behiBd tbe <br />K1ngslq Reservoir.. it 1faS neoessary to adopt aplue of lli88SwlllIen't. whioh <br />it ..... 1'011: "ould reqtd.:w the ba8i: n1lllb$r of uSUlptI_. III add1tiOlll 11; <br />was !l9oossary to adopt a plaee or aeaaurem.ent that wov14 ccnt_ to a " <br />silll1laz' pIMe or _..",,_1; or the fl_ .r the SCRlth Platte It:1vor. Ii' <br />the placo of Il&U"CII'QIIl8Ilt had been adapted at the Kingsley Daa,. it would <br />bave been I1soesaary to correct .uoh JRes.auremsnts for the "prIor Ue or _tor <br />by irrigatiOn system&.,hetweeJil Keystone <<ad Narth Platte. ~his _uld blvobe <br />not only an eatlma1:e "t tho "use fit suoh systesc. but alao aD 9a1:1_t. of the <br />pleltup aDd the &III01l>>1: of piok1lp &Tailahle to these sys~ for theIr use. <br /> <br />It _a 'tllar'<!/f'ore 4~ des1re.ble 't<!l t6ke r'eccml.s or _sUl"9llleB1; <br />for the NGrf:h Platte Rher at North Platte as those beiag avatlable for storage <br />in the Kingsley Ilaa. beoause suoh reoords "OQ}d !lave already been properly <br />corrected for both the Flar ir,.igatl'l!1 \iI8e bstwee:n KeystOlW md Jlerth Platte, <br />as _11 as the piokaJ 1111 that sSC'tls or the River. The exceupietDp fit that <br />seotiea of' thil river abcwe pr1.or 1rrIgat101D. user8 caB be 1'_ throvgll all of 'the <br />power pJ.imta on the tri-Cc;>aul;y Projeot all sbmm OD the varl0Q8 curves Uld ClllD be <br />stozolld UI. the Jef'frey and Job8em Regulating Reservoirs. <br /> <br />I therefere beUeve that the w. "of fl_ _swl!llHDlts b the Borth <br />and 'South Platte Rivers at North Plat1:e lnQuoea the least possible error b the <br />st'Cldy anci"U la tU7ther believed that tho r<oellrds of .the rivor'll lItlasurement at" <br />North P}att& are the moll't &COUFlLto a_nabla. <br /> <br />CltI'Te 18 1& divided into two _JlIr parts. Part A 1noludell three <br />OUI'VlIll. nallely, a mass C\I1'nI of the n_ .f the !forth sad. S01Ith Platte Rivere <br />&t Ilorth Platte. a 88.8S clilZ'Ye of all 1rr1gatlcm and Ion dsasnda OIl the RiTer. <br />and a "'811 cturve 01' all _ter dlllllaD.da: flJl the River, lnctlud~ atorase water _ad <br />for the {l;eBeratiw of p....er. Part B of' Curve 18 1& ~he res~ ata.ge ,diagrala <br />or the It1ngsley ReslIM'elP far the perled 1930 to 1936. 1nolullive. Ilhord~ the <br />variou 1Its.g8S .f' reS81"Voir storage with the ccabiMd opisraUq of the Projeot <br />all s~ by Par't A "r C\1l'Q 16. <br /> <br />IJ detol'Binizlg the Ill81lS C1I:l'Ve 01' the total _ter d__ CIll the <br />River, the Projelltll Systeae were operated to generate forty 1111111= KllEr ot filS <br />poooer "perlllOl!lth or a total 01' 480.000.000 per ,.ear duriDg _ery yee1" .f' reowU <br />tor _the perie4 19}o t. 1938. Inc11l81ve. <br /> <br />I'l< 'Ifill be noted trOJl\ C_ 16 that during oerta1!l. periods 'the <br />Dhtriata SysteMs generated IDOr8 tba.n Wl.OOO.oOO 1!JIIf of power per IIGllth,aa <br />baae IGl&.li. which is obviously dlllllp power Gt the Projects 8y8'tea8. <br /> <br />the wrltGT oo:aoludea tr_ this _ter study tbat suttlciG1: _tv 18 <br />llnllable to enable the Pro3-" to op8n.toe and ace_pUn ~b foU..d>>g <br />relrUlts with tbe.f.r Systelll8. <br /> <br />1. Supply 100,000 acre f'oot or water for supplemel:ltal <br />1rr1gaticm of lands unc1er 'the Su\;herlsnd Projeot. <br /> <br />2. Supply e<np1e'tll irrigll,t1l11l f'or 205,000 &Ores of laud <br />tIlIder the 'rl"l-Cotmty Projeot. <br />