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<br />~~.l...~ <br />~~~~ <br /> <br />flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife. Ruedi Reservoir is <br />filled during the high spring runoff and maintained near full until <br />October. Ruedi Reservoir space is allocated to replacement of Project <br />water, western slope 'use, and an inactive pool of 1,089 acre-feet. <br />The primary purpose of Ruedi Reservoir ia to furnish, to the extent <br />of its capacity, the water required for the protection of western <br />Colorado water users. Studiea to determine this requirement are in <br />progress. <br /> <br />Operation of Ruedi Reaervoir as planned will reduce and stabilize the <br />streamflow of the Fryingpan River downatream of the dam. The controlled <br />year-round flowa will enable improvement of trout spawning habitat <br />and provide better conditions for fishing in the early months of the <br />fiahing season. Under the operation plan, the water level in Ruedi <br />Reservoir will be well above the dead-storage pool during the aummer <br />recreatio~ season. Therefore, the water level during the summer, in <br />all but exceptionally dry years, will have a water surface area of <br />about 925 acres. During this period, the water elevation will fluc- <br />tuate about 7 feet. The method of operation, which maintains a <br />sufficiently high water aurface in the reservoir without an explicit <br />recreation pool, provides appreciable water-oriented recreational <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />XI-467 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />