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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8240.200.44.A.1
Description
Green Mountain Reservoir
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
1/1/1999
Author
CWCB
Title
Green Mountain Reservoir Historic Users Pool (HUP) Draft Operating Criteria
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<br />A total of24,820 acre-feet of water was pumped to Carter Lake during the water year which <br />was ~ percent of average. This req1!ired 7,909,098 kilowatt-hours of energy. <br /> <br />Horsetooth Reservoir <br /> <br />Completed in 1949, with four dams, Horsetooth Reservoir has a total constructed capacity <br />of 156,700 acre-feet. Inflow of Project water is from Flatiron Reservoir via the Charles <br />Hansen Feeder Canal. <br /> <br />Horsetooth Reservoir storage of 111,236 acre-feet at the start of water year 1998 was 32,126 <br />acre-feet above the 1966-1995 average of 78,81 0 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Dlifil"lg Oeteber, Pmjcet nMCI brought thMtlgh the /;Ldttrt13 Tmmcl from LB:loc Crane) to <br />IIerJct60tft Re3Gr\ eir n 113 3' y GU.l) r'Jtri~t,d au, to 6n~6mg Gmw n'lttiftkft81lCG. Normal <br />transfer of water to Horsetooth Reservoir began Nil. C:mCer I when the Charles Hansen <br />Feeder Canal became available. Horsetooth Reservoir storage of 153,268 acre-feet (water <br />surface elevation 5128.29 feet) was reached on April 12, ..men l't)3ttJ.te.:! in the 3eellnd higfteM <br />en.:! Ilf mllmh :.pril3tllmge 3inee lCellNl3 beg!!!\. in 1952. For water year 1998, the maximum <br />Horsetooth Reservoir storage of 153,954 acre-feet (water surface elevation 5428.63 feet) was <br />reached on Jttne 29. This was 1ln1) 1.34 feet below the maximum water surface elevation of <br />5430.88 feet (156,798 acre-feet). <br /> <br />Project water deliveries for irrigation began on April I this year. A total of 13,150 acre-feet <br />was delivered in April and 28,988 acre-feet in May, with May deliveries m percent of <br />average. ~J6n eharg' natey eieli" CIiC3 ..ere illitiftka dt1e to the;. ndl abo.e a\'e~e rtlfie:ffand. <br />high :lt6mge ll:, <:1 in LaIre Cl'llfIb) llI1.a IIe~<:teeth Re3c:n Ilir. June deliveries totaled <br />6;300 acre-feet which was 84 percent of average. <br /> <br />July water deliveries increased to 31,890 acre-feet including non-charge water and this was <br />H4 percent of average. Water deliveries were 64 percent of average for August and <br />September. Total water deliveries for the 1998 water year were 199,488 acre-feet. This was <br />13,260 acre-feet beI6w average. <br /> <br />Horsetooth Reservoir ended the water year with 122,313 acre-feet of water in storage which <br />was +55 percent of average llI1.d the highe3t elna Ilf ..ater) elii' Millage <:Ilntellt in 46 ) C:lIf3 Ilf <br />reeord. The actual operations for the Colorado-Big Thompson Project for water year 1998 <br />are summarized in table 3. <br /> <br />Flood Benefits <br /> <br />Flood damages prevented in the Colorado River Basin during 1998 by the operation of Lake <br />Granby and Green Mountain Reservoir were $9 and $14,989, respectively. <br /> <br />filename: CBTAoP98.DFT <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />Preliminaly Working Draft July 8. 1999 <br />
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