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0020~': 1965 Operations (ContdJ . in Mid-NoveMber, they had to be correlated with the releases from Kirwin Reservoir, so as not to damage the haul road river crossing at Glen Elder Dam as deacribed in the operstion of Kirwin Dam and Reservoir on Page 9, The 6,243 acres irrigated under the Osborne Canal were provided a full water supply. No releases were made for the City of Beloit, Kansas, under the interim contract, At the close of the irrigation season, the reservoir elevation was 1884.85 (51,941 acre-feet) or 4.75 feet (15,159 acre-feet) below the top of conservation capacity. Flood damages in the amount of $325,000 were prevented by Webster Dam in 1965. The accumulated total of flood damages prevented since 1956 is $1,802,000. Cedar Bluff Dam and Reservoir The reservoir inflow for 1965 was 193t of the most probable, The reservoir reached a depth of 1,0 feet (6,940 acre-feet) in the flood control pool on November 16. Releases were reduced to zero in the early part of November at the request of the Kansas State Department of Health, who conducted a study of water quality and return flow. below Cedar Bluff Dam. Upon completion of the study, releases were resumed to evacuate the flood pool. .1 The 4,910 acres irrigated under the Cedar Bluff Canal were provided a full water supply, The Cedar Bluff National Fish Hatchery, located below Cedar Bluff Dam and operated by the United Ststes Buresu of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, was delivered 2,101 scre-feet of which 852 scre-feet ws. returned to the Smoky Hill River. No rele.ses were made to the City of Russell, Kansas, under the interim contract. Minimum conservation storsge of Cedar Bluff Reservoir was reached on September 18 at elevation 2140.80 (163,940 acre-feet), ),2 feet (21,150 acre-feet) below the top of the conservstion pool, During 1965, $38,000 in flood damages were prevented by Cedsr Bluff Dam. The accumulated damages prevented to date are $8,344,000. . 10