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<br />G <br /> <br />,- <br /><.."' <br />'"' <br />~ <br /> <br />PROJECT PLANNING AND CONTROL <br /> <br />The C-BT is operated to provide supplemental municipal and industrial water supply. irrigation <br />water supplies. hydroelectric power production. flood control. recreation. fish and wildlife <br />preservation, and other purposes. The project is operated for the purposes for which it was <br />authorized and constructed. <br /> <br />The integrated operation of the C-BT is planned and coordinated by the Bureau of Reclamation, Water <br />Scheduling and Control Group, Colorado Area Office in Loveland, Colorado. This office collects and <br />analyzes information daily and makes the decisions necessary for successful operation of the C-BT. <br />This continuous water management function involves coordination between the Northern Colorado <br />Water Conservancy District, Upper Colorado and Great Plains Regions of Reclamation. the <br />Department of Energy, and many other local, state, and Federal agencies. <br /> <br />Experience has proven that proper utilization of the available water resource in a multi-purpose <br />project such as this can be achieved only through careful budgeting and management of the anticipated <br />water supply. The technical end product of this budgeting and management process is an Annual <br />Operating Plan (AOP). <br /> <br />The C-BT is operated on a water year basis (October 1 through September 30). The AOP is prepared <br />in October or November of each year, following the plan's review and necessary public meetings. <br />AOPs are prepared for reasonable maximum and reasonable minimum conditions of water supply and <br />requirements as well as for the most probable runoff conditions. The C-BT is operated to optimize the <br />most probable water supply without jeopardizing operational position should either the reasonable <br />maximum or the reasonable minimum water supply conditions occur. The plan is reviewed and <br />revised as necessary during the year as new information or changing conditions occur. Flexibility is a <br />keynote and a necessity of the plan. Computer programs and models are used by Reclamation to <br />develop the AOP's and water supply forecasts. . <br /> <br />6 <br />