WSP02824 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

" A A C t "1 "t. " 2. Inflow Flow through Mt. Elbert Forebay will be supplenented by pumping fran TWin Lakes to allow full utilization of Mt. Elbert ~-Storage PCMer- plant. Therefore, to reduce pumping costs, as much water as possible will be released fran Turquoise Lake and diverted at HalfllDon Diversion into Mt. Elbert Conduit for use at the powerplant. . 3. Reservoir Operations Construction 1rIOrk during water year 1983 will require the water level in TWin lakes to be at or below elevation 9170.00 by the first of October and maintained at approximately this ele\Tation until the end of October. The water fran TWin lakes will be stored in Pueblo Reservoir. 4. Minimum Release The minimum release fran TWin Lakes is 15 ft3js or natural infl=, whichever is less. Table 12 and Exhibit 13 sh= the proposed operation for TWin lakes;'Mt. Elbert Forebay for water year 1983. G. Pueblo Reservoir Water released fran storage in Turquoise Lake and '!Win Lakes during the fall and winter IlOnths that is not for demands above Pueblo Reservoir will be stored in Pueblo Reservoir. Water in storage (project, winter water, or water stored under contract with other entities) will be released on demand of the contractor and administered in the Arkansas River by the Colorado Division of Water Resources I Division 2 Engineer. . The water users below Pueblo Dam have reached an agreanent for a Winter Water Storage Program beginnim November 15, 1~82. Under this agreenent the total systen production up to 100, 000 acre-feet will be divided 30 percent to entities with direct flow water rights and 70 percent to entities having storage water rights and their own storage facilities. The next 2,750 acre-feet will go to 1\mity l>t.1tual Irrigation canpany with the next 2,250 acre-feet for the Colorado Canal canpany. Any water above the 105,000 acre-feet will be diviqed 75 percent to off channel storage entities and 25 percent for the direct flow entities. All winter water storage shall be considered project water if not furnished to the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District wi thin 18 IlOnths fran the start of the winter storage period, but no later than May 1 of the year fol1=ing the end of the winter storage period in which it was stored. Table 13 and Exhibit 14 sh= the proposed operation of Pueblo Reservoir in water year 1983. . 22