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<br />, -- <br />-J..r .1" COL-ORACO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br /> <br />.-.::J <br />-".' <br /> <br />STA.TE CAPITOL BUlL-DIoNa <br /> <br />DENVER, CDeDRADO !'11!10. nareh 6, 194, <br /> <br />. ~-- <br />- -- <br />Por. <br /> <br /><.:::> <br /> <br />N <br />W <br />- <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />b Lt... ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Clifford B. StODe, D1rector <br />Colorado Water Conaerratioll. Board <br /> <br />Fro. . <br /> <br />C. L. Pat'tor.on, ClUer Engineer <br /> <br />Subjeot. <br /> <br />Inter~ Operation <br /> <br />or <br /> <br />Caddoa :Roserro1r <br /> <br />1. COIlll'truc'ticm. of Caddoa Dam and appurtenant w <br />Departme%lt, COr'ps of ~.ineers. U. S. Army. .....s authoriz <br />the Flood Control Act of June 22. 1936. to proTi or f <br />water conserrat10n in Colorado and Kansas. By <br />maintenanoe and operation of the projeot after i'ta <br />the supeI"T1sion of the Corps of ECb1neers. <br /> <br />by the War <br />by Congresa in <br />ccnt.rol am <br />trol .lot of 1938. <br />was. plaoed under' <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2. Projeot plana eorrl:emplate hen completed of totAl <br />oapaoity. to flood pool elevation 3.8 out 655.000 aore-f~. of <br />1'Ihioh about 270.000 A.F.,.between 1:1. .851 ft.. termed 'the flood <br />pool. 16 reserved .1'01" flood oontrol, .to or reduoe dBClagea. frail floods <br />to lands and property along the ohannel 0 e ArkaIUlB8 River downstre8lll in <br />eastern ColoradO and _stern and e emaining .etorage spRoe bel.... <br />E1. .3.851 ft.. termed the 0 001. lDitiaL o.apaoity (pr10r to <br />siltation') of about 385. cated to conserv.ll.tion purposea. 'to <br />rer;nlate "ater supplies he riated and diverted. and to conserve <br />non-eell.Sonal flo,,,, and. 1'10 p......lously were unuBable and wasted. <br /> <br /> <br />3. By an <br />and XanaaB coop <br />aDd sgreed on <br />order to pro':. c <br />auppUee and <br />Stipulation 0 <br />begins, and 'to <br />United Sts.tes 5np <br /> <br />ember lB, 1933,. the States. 01' Colorado <br />ngre.aional authori,,~~lon of the project. <br />tc govern operatioDJI of the o~userva.tion pool in <br />ht6 and uses of water. and to :iiTlde ita .surplua <br />Gfits between the two states, - the said <br />e~fectlve when 8torage for conservation purposes <br />ti~e until and unless mod~fied by a oGcree of ~he <br />in the ponding Colo. V. Kans. case. <br /> <br />4. Coos'truotlon hk..oo Calldoa..DaJ1l.. hal'l;ed by the .....r. bas been <br />ootlpl,,:t;ed. ex~.ept_.for the inst.allation of tne 16 large flood cOLetrol gates, each <br />30-f1;. high.by, 60'rt. lone. which are prop06ed to be erected on top of the <br />constructed conere'te over-flaw or spillway seotion. thUD raisin;; the high-....ter <br />line from El. 3.640 to 3.870 ft. The dam it6elf as nowco~structed i. wholly <br />safe from destruction or damage fran any flood that :ti6ht be expe"tec. to OCOUT. <br />Subsequent installation of flood control ~&tes will inorease storaze capacity <br />but fli11. &dd....othi!Jl; to the se.i'ety of t!l" dam itse~. <br />