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<br />ooon: <br /> <br />might. lead to ccntrov\..':>lsies; to promote interst....;1Le corni ty; tc recognize <br />that the !nost efficieJlt utilization of the waters withill tile naSil) is <br />for beneficial consumptive use, and to promote joint action by the States <br />and the United States ill the efficient use of watel. and the control of <br />destrucLi\le floods." <br /> <br />TABLES A~D EXHIBITS <br /> <br />PrincipaJ_ recorcls for t_h(~ fac5.1it.i.l?s report~d herein are attached as <br />tat'les and exhihi ts. <br /> <br />~II'.TER S[Jf'PLY <br /> <br />For fGl.-ccastin'~J purpost?s, values of annual inflows that will be statis- <br />ticz:lly equaJ l€:c.~ OJ: exceed.ed 10, 50 and 90 pprceht of th(~ lime were <br />selected froT:l.1 ::he probabj lit.y curve 1:0 be IIreasonable max.1Inllm" (wet year) <br />"most proba.blell (normal year), a;ld "reusoIJahl,~ minimum" (dry year) inflovl <br />concljtiolls, r2spectivcly. <br /> <br />.:.. .;.,- ~ <br />:,:;.:.::~ ::~: <br /> <br />" ,. <br /> <br />>:..:!-. <br />,. <br /> <br />RESERVOIR OPERATTCNS <br /> <br />All op2:"-rtc.icns are scheduled for optiml::.m benE:fits to projr;ct functions. <br />?..l thp. e.T,c1 of tl"l,,? j'P-.l9~t-_ion SeaS(ln, t.hF: Cdrj::!(".v~y stoy'f1(]t'" jn o::-acn res- <br />r.:l"_'VO.L.L' awl till:'! l:e"iSI.)!lclDlc win:i..mwn inflO'..... Clre evaluated t.o determine if <br />'Ivat.er in e:;:ceS3 of that required to fill thp. conservation pool may be <br />ant.icipated.. If excess inflow is apparent, controlled ~-eleases will b~; <br />made to accurr.plish maxilrlwn do\\-rnstream benefits. <br /> <br />MAJOR FEATURES <br /> <br />'l'he Mirage Fla~s Project was constructed under the Water Conservation <br />and Utilization Act and includes an irrigation storage reservoir, diver- <br />sion dam, and canal system. The other features in the scope of this <br />l-eport are a pa.rt of the Pick-Sloan Missouri 'Basin Pl~ogram and include <br />mu) tj purrO~je r~servoirs, diversion dams, pump slations I a~1d canal sys- <br />terns. Fifteen storage facilities are now in operation as follows: <br /> <br />.-'.' <br /> <br />Cons~ructed bi' the Bureau of Reclarr.ation: <br /> <br />'~:'/::'.:;:{ <br />'~i.<~f <br /> <br />(a) Operated by irrigation or reclamation district:"..--Box Butte and <br />Merritt Da..TlS in the Niobra:ca River na.sin and Sherman Dam in <br />the Lower Platte River Basin. <br /> <br />(b) Operated by the Bureau of Reclamation--Bonny, Trenton, Enders, <br />Red Willow I r.tedi.cine Creek, Norton, Love'l'l1ell, Kirwin, Webster, <br />Glea Elder, and Cedar Bluff Dams in the Kansas River Basin. <br /> <br />5 <br />