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<br /> <br />9 <br /> <br /> <br />1023 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dam. There was 3,4l9 acre-feet remalnlng of the 20,000 acre-feet <br />allotted to be sold by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District. The last of this water was delivered December 19, 1973. <br /> <br />A total of 36,825 acre-feet was imported by the project and stored <br />in Turquoise Lake. <br /> <br />The summer of 1973 was relatively wet in the Arkansas Valley of <br />Colorado, and withdrawals for irrigation were few until early in <br />July. Of the 36,825 acre-feet of project water imported this year, <br />l6,000 acre-feet was made available to the Southeastern Colorado <br />Water Conservancy District for delivery to member water users in <br />the Arkansas Valley, Of the 16,000 acre-feet made available, ll,OOO <br />acre-feet was purchased by the District. <br /> <br />At the end of May, Turquoise Lake storage was 62,567 acre-feet. Of <br />that amount, l7,4l6 acre-feet was owned by CF&I Steel Corporation; <br />9,603 acre-feet by Homestake Project; 2,086 acre-feet by the High <br />Line Canal Company; l,733 acre-feet by the Catlin Canal Company, <br />and 3l,729 acre-feet by the project. The project was storing 2,823 <br />acre-feet for the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company and that <br />figure is included in the project ownership. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />On September 30 there was 76,509 acre-feet in storage in Turquoise <br />Lake. Of this amount, l4,101 acre-feet belong to CF&I Steel <br />Corporation; 8,275 acre-feet to the Homestake Project, l,782 acre- <br />feet to the High Line Canal Company, l06 acre-feet to the Catlin <br />Canal Company; and 52,245 acre-feet to the project. Included in <br />the project ownership is l,7l9 acre-feet of water borrowed from <br />Twin Lakes. This Twin Lakes exchange was for the convenience of <br />the project and was to relieve the pressure of large releases on <br />the channel of Lake Fork downstream from Sugar Loaf Dam. <br /> <br />At the end of September, midnight September 30, all but 415 acre- <br />feet of the ll,OOO acre-feet allotted for sale by the Southeastern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District had been delivered. <br /> <br />Table 2 and Exhibit 5 show the 1973 operation of Turquoise Lake. <br /> <br />. <br />