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<br />.,' <br /> <br />PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL <br /> <br />o <br />~ The Project is operated for municipal and industrial water supply, <br />""'" irrigationj hydroelectric power production, flood control, recreation, fish <br />00 and wil dl i fe preservat i on, and other purposes. The Project is operated <br />~ under the purposes for which it was authorized and constructed. <br /> <br />The integr~ted operation of the Project is planned and coordinated by the <br />Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Power Control Division, Eastern Colorado <br />Projects Office in Loveland, Colorado. This office collects and analyzes <br />informatio~ daily and makes the decisions necessary for successful operation <br />of the Prpject. This continuous water management function involves <br />coordination between the Upper Colorado and Great Plains Regions of <br />Reclamatio~, North Platte and Bighorn Basin Projects of Reclamation, the <br />Department 'of Energy, and many other local, state, and Federal agencies. <br /> <br />Experience, has proven that proper util ization of the available water <br />resource in a mul t i -purpose Project such as thi s can be achi eved only <br />through car,eful budgeting of the anticipated water supply. The technical <br />end product of this budgeting process is an Annual Operating Plan (AOP). <br /> <br />The Project is operated on a water year basis (October 1 through <br />September 3D). The AOP is prepared in October or November of each year, <br />following the plan's review and necessary public meetings. <br /> <br />AOPs are pr;epared for reasonable maximum and reasonable minim~mconditions <br />of water supply and requirements as well as fOr the most probable runoff <br />conditions., The Project is operated to optimize the most probable water <br />supply witHout jeopardizing operational position should either reasonable <br />maximum or: reasonable minimum water supply conditions occur. When <br />necessary, 1 the plan is reviewed and revised during the year as new <br />information or changing conditions occur. <br /> <br />Flexibility is a keynote of the plan. Computer programs are used by <br />Recl amat i onl to develop pl ans of ope rat i on and water supply forecasts. <br /> <br />i':'; <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />,,:; <br /> <br />,", <br /> <br />8 <br />