WSP02824

• File Number: 8141.700
• Description: Fryingpan-Arkansas Project - Annual Operating Plans and Reports
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 11/1/1982
• Author: US DoI BoR
• Title: Annual Operating Plan Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Colorado 1982 - 1983
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Annual Report

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The pcMerplant generated alnost 50,600,000 kilCMatt hours during water
year 1982 with 128,000 acre-feet of water.

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A portion of 'lWin Lakes water was rroved to Pueblo Reservoir throughout
the winter rronths to nake space available for the spring runoff prirrarily
due to the necessity of operating with the old dam.

F. Pueblo Reservoir

At the end of water year 1981, Pueblo Reservoir oontent was just above
minimum pool at about 33,000 acre-feet. In addition to the storage of
the Winter Water Storage Program which began on November 15, project
water fran Turquoise Lake was stored in Pueblo Reservoir causing a
continual gain in storage until March 24 at which time there were
approximately 111,700 acre-feet.

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The native flow in the Arkansas River and the above normal precipitation
below Pueblo (Exhibit 7) supplied rrost of the needs of the water users
below Pueblo Reservoir during water year 1982, thereby allowing 51,020
acre-feet of the 68,000 acre-feet (that was made available to the South-
eastern Colorado Water Conservancy District on April 15, 1982) to remain
in storage at the end of the water year. Also, of the 46,340 acre-feet
of winter water stored in Pueblo Reservoir a1.rrcst 15,000 acre-feet was
still in storage at the end of September (See Winter Water Releases
Exhibit 8). The portions of these two supplies that are not used by May
1 will be added to the project imports and made available to the District
for next year as Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water. The water year ended
wi th 60,900 acre-feet of water in storage at Pueblo Reservoir.

Table 7 and Exhibit 9 show Pueblo Reservoir operations during water year
1982.

G. Storage Contracts

In water year 1982 the project had eight oontracts for storage of water
in project storage space in the East Slope storage syst:an. Three are
long term contracts---a contract with CF&I Steel Corporation for finn
storage for 17,416 acre-feet of replacement storage and 10,000 acre-feet
of additional storage space; a rontract with the High Line Canal r..anpany
for 10,000 acre-feet of storage space; and a oontract with Hc:rnestake for
30,000 acre-feet of storage space. The remaining oontracts are l-year
interim contJ:>acts for if-and-when available storage space.

H. project Water Sales and Deliveries

The project sold 68,000 acre-feet of water to the Southeastern Colorado
Water Conservancy District during water year 1982. Fran October 1
through April 30, 3,940 acre-feet of 1981 allocated water was delivered.
Fran May 1 through the end of Septerober, 15,970 acre-feet of the 1982
allocation had been delivered. The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water
released fran Pueblo Reservoir is shown on Exhibit 10.

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