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<br />IllHI 9 3 (\ <br /> <br />CHAPTER III - REPUoc.ICA!, RI'TF:R Ei>.SIN <br /> <br />ARMEL UNIT, UPPER REPUBLICAN DIVISION IN COLOR;DO <br /> <br />GENERAL <br /> <br />Corrn1 Reservoir st0rage is t~ansferred to Swanson Lake as requi~ed where <br />releases into the Republican River are regulated to ~eet the industrial <br />needs of the Amoco Production Company and Ladd Petroleum Corporation for <br />their waterflood operations in the Sleepy Hollow Oil Field, south of <br />Bartley, Nebraska. <br /> <br />Bop~y Keservoir inflows from the South Fork of the Republican River and <br />Landsman Creek are released into Hale Ditch, as requested by the State. <br />Engineer of Colorado. Bonny storage water is dTlailable to Hale Ditch <br />and other natural flow appropriators under t~~p0rary,contrac~s. Much of <br />the 700 acres served by Hale Ditch is now owned and ope=ated by the Colo- <br />rado Division of Wildlife for wildlife purposes. <br /> <br />~- .:. " <br /> <br />To avoid the possibility of ice damage to the exposed Hale Ditch outlet <br />pipe, the reservoir has previously been operat.ed so that '",inter releases <br />were not required. Modificatl.ons have been completed so tnat Bonny Dam <br />and Reservoir is operable at any time of year and regula::ory releases <br />will be made when needed in the future. This change in the operating <br />plan will provide more water surface area and ~esult in increased bene- <br />fits for water sports and fish and wildlife programs. The operation pat- <br />tern with a slowly rising or stable pool enhances fish spa'WI1ing in the <br />spring and affords excellent hunting conditions each fall. <br /> <br />....1 <br /> <br />1974 SmU,lARY <br /> <br />The precipitation was 91 percent of normal while the inflow to Bonny Res- <br />ervoir was slightly belm< the dry-year forecast. The water supply was <br />adequate to furnish 321 acre-feet to Amoco Production Company and 21 <br />acre-feet to Ladd Petroleum Corporation. <br /> <br />:":.~. ~<-:. <br /> <br />:;..: <br />--~~.. . <br /> <br />There were 529 acre-feet delivered under temporary contract sales of <br />storage water for industrial or irrigation purposes during 1974. As dir- <br />ected by the Colorado Water Commissioner, 2,383 acre-feet of reservoir <br />inflows from the South Fork of the Republican River and Landsman Creek <br />were passed through Bonny Reservoir into Hale Ditch. <br /> <br />13 <br />