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<br />! <br /> <br />, <br />001923 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3.5 feet (11,200 acre-feet) in the flood control pool on September 24. <br />This depth in agreement with the Corps of Engineers was lowered to 2.0 <br />feet (6,000 acre-feet) in the flood control pool and will be maintained <br />there until removed by irrigation demands or flood releases after it is <br />no longer needed to assure an adequate irrigation supply. <br /> <br />During the summer months a group of farmers constructed an unauthorized <br />earthen dam across White Rock Creek about two stream miles below Lovewell <br />Dam. The backwater from this dam inundated the control structure at <br />the Lovewell outflow gaging station and made it inoperable during July, <br />August and part of September. A complaint was registered with the Kansas <br />Department of Water Resources and they were taking legal steps to have <br />the dam removed, This was not necessary as a new channel was created <br />in late September by releases made to evacuate the flood storage in <br />Lovewell Reservoir. <br /> <br />Kirwin Reservoir <br /> <br />The reservoir inflow for 1963 was 53% of the most probable. The reservoir <br />reached a depth of 0.45 feet (2,200 acre-feet) in the flood control pool <br />on March 16, and small controlled spills were made from March until June. <br /> <br />The 8,512 acres irrigated under the Kirwin Canal were provided a full <br />water supply. The minimum pool level of elevation 1724.94 feet (79,060 <br />acre-feet) was reached on August 11. This was about 3.5 feet (16,120 <br />acre-feet) below the top of the conservation pool. <br /> <br />Webster Reservoir <br /> <br />The reservoir inflow for 1963 was 98% of the most probable. The reservoir <br />reached a depth of 0.10 feet (340 acre-feet) in the flood control pool on <br />April 10, controlled spills were made during January, February, March, <br />April and early May. <br /> <br />The 5,755 acres irrigated under the Osborne Canal were provided a full <br />water supply. On September 18, the minimum pool level of elevation 1886.05 <br />feet (55,545 acre-feet) was reached. This was about 3.5 feet (11,560 acre- <br />feet) below the top of the conservation pool. <br /> <br />Cedar Bluff Reservoir <br /> <br />The reservoir inflow for 1963 was 66% of the most probable. The conserva- <br />tion pool did not fill in 1963. Maximum elevation 2143.86 (184,140 acre- <br />feet) was reached on September 28 which was .14 feet below the top of the <br />conservation pool. <br /> <br />The 2,226 acres irrigated under the partially developed Cedar Bluff Canal <br />were provided a full water supply. There was 236 acre-feet of storage <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8 <br />