Laserfiche WebLink
<br />..-! <br />~ gages, in excess of the sum of the following: <br />-~ <br />C'J 1. Existing decrees. <br /> <br />2. Fish flows. <br /> <br />3. piceance Creek Pipeline requirements. <br /> <br />4. Rocky Mountain Power Company requirements. <br /> <br />Studies of historic river operation indicates that the <br /> <br />critical section of the river is that portion lying between the North <br /> <br />Fork and South Fork gages at Buford and the gage near Meeker. That <br /> <br />is, if the decrees between the Buford gages and the Meeker gage are <br /> <br />(~&;;. <br />~~e satisfied, then return flows plus ungaged tributary inflow will <br /> <br />satisfy the demands below the Meeker gage. Further study of this <br /> <br />section (BUford-Meeker) indicates that the existing downstream <br /> <br />demand is measured by four ditches, the Miller Creek Ditch, the <br /> <br />Highland Ditch, the Oak Ridge Park Ditch and the Old Agency Ditch. <br /> <br />In the water supply studies it is assumed that: <br /> <br />1. Excess North Fork flows are storable to the <br />extent necessary. <br /> <br />2. Excess South Fork flows are storable, for <br />exchange to existing downstream decrees, to the <br />extent necessary. <br /> <br />A long term cumulative plotting (mass diagram) of the <br /> <br />Meeker flows indicates that there is a change in flow pattern be- <br /> <br />ginning in about 1946 possibly due to the kill of trees in the White <br /> <br />River Forest by the spruce beetle. The May and June flows increase <br /> <br />while the monthly flows for the balance of the year decrease with a <br /> <br />slight net annual decrease. A projection of studies to years prior <br /> <br />to 1946 may require some correction. <br /> <br />-3- <br />