WSP00381

• File Number: 8143.600.10
• Description: John Martin Reservoir
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 12/1/1981
• Title: Analysis of John Martin Reservoir
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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In the event that runoff conditions Occur in the

Arkansas River basin upstream from John Martin Reservoir

that cause water to spill physically over the project's
spillway, then water stored in the accounts granted in

Section III shall spill before the accounts granted in

Section II, both of which shall spill before conserva-

tion pool water. The amount of spill from the accounts

shall be prorated amongst them according to the amounts

in them at the beginning of spill. During times of

spill, the permanent pool shall occupy flood control

space as provided in the Administration's Resolution of

August 14, 1976, and Public Law 89-298.

Other Water for Regulation by John Martin Reservoir:
A. The Amity may store such water as it could otherwise
divert frOm the Arkansas River for storage in the Great
Plains Reservoir system in its account granted in section
II, herein. This water will be in addition to water

released into the Amity account under Section II,herein.

B. An account for the Fort Lyon Canal is hereby granted
in John Martin Reservoir for agricultural purposes only.
The Fort Lyon Canal may deliver water into said account
under an approved Pueblo winter storage plan subject to

the limitations that total quantity in the account at

any time cannot exceed 20,000 acre-feet and that the

delivery cannot include water that otherwise would have

accumulated in conservation storage. The Fort Lyon may
use water in this account fOr exchange with existing
priorities. However, this account shall not be used in

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