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<br />132~ <br /> <br />The rontract with SOutheastern ():)lorado Water Cbnservancy District J <br />requires that by March 15 ootification be given of the quantity of water ," <br />that will be available for sale to the district. This quantity is in <br />excess of the buildup of storage necessary for minimum pools and r:ower <br />operation, evap::>ration, and transportation losses. <br /> <br />B. Ruedi Reservoir <br /> <br />Ruedi ReseJ:VOir will be q>erated in 1980-81 to :optimize o::mtrol of <br />spring I'UIPff, recreational interests and downstream fishery requirell'ents. <br />This is an interim plan until a long-tenn market is developed for that <br />water. Short tenn sales may be made on a year-to-year basis as need <br />develops. <br /> <br />1. Inflow <br /> <br />under !lOst probable corrlitions, the annual infJ,ow will be 103,000 acre- <br />feet. under maximum and minimum probable conditions annual inflow will <br />be 125,000 and 75,000 acre-feet respectively. <br /> <br />2. Minimum Release <br /> <br />The fishe~ bypass requirements, as described in ~ Operating Principles, <br />are 39 ft /s from November through April and 110 ft /s from May through <br />October or inflow whichever is less. <br /> <br />3. Reservoir Operation <br /> <br />The pl~ed release from Ruedi Ieservoir for october through April is <br />110 ft / s which \>Quld draw the reservoir down to an elevation of 7706. 0 <br />feet by April 30, 1981. lbwever, based upon the type of nmoff season <br />indicated by !lOnthly SllO\\1}?Cl.ck data, the outflow from the reseJ:VOir and <br />the target elevation will be adjusted. '[b prm(ide maximum flood pro- <br />tection below the dam, the reservoir will be drawn down by March 31, <br />1981 to a p::>int where refilling \>QuId be assurEld during the spring <br />runoff. Estimates of probable inflow will be r\ade following the Feb- <br />ruary I, March I, 'April I, and May 1 SOCJW foreCasts: the drMown will <br />be adjusted accordingly. <br /> <br />West Slope recreation interests requested that the reservoir water level <br />not be drawn down below elevation 7706.0 (53,000 acre-feet), which is <br />2.0 feet above the b:>ttan of the Fbrest Service b:>at ranp. Under reason- <br />able maximum inflow conditions, the reservoir "Puld theoretically be <br />drawn down to this elevation. The rese:rvoir ~uld fill by the first of <br />July to provide optimum recreational benefits <:luring the sunrrer !lOnths. <br />This request will be moored until long tenn contracts can be developed <br />for sale of storage water. <br /> <br />After July I, operating plans call for mainta.i.J:rlng the reservoir at <br />elevation 7764.0 (2.0 feet below the spillway crest) until August 1. <br />Then, only inflow and sl'Prt tenn contracted. deliveries will be passed <br />during the !lOnth of August. The OJlorado Divi!jlion of Wi3d1ife has <br />requested that the outflow be maintained at abqut 100 ft /s during <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />. '~T""'; <br /> <br />"~'f '. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />