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1027 . The bypass requirements are based on the Operating Principles (appended to this report) and each stream bypass is proportional to its natural contribution on an average basis. Measured at existine gages downstream from the collection points, at no time did the mean daily flow of the bypasses drop below the minimum requirement. Incidentally, now that construction activity at the diversion dams is complete, the stream gages below the three major diversion points in operation have been moved to points immediately below these dams. This move was necessary to facilitate operations and to assure that no unmeasured inflow enters the stream between the dam and the gage. The minimum required bypass at the collection system controlled until about July 3l when it became necessary to pass more than the minimum at the collection system in order to meet the streamflow requirement, of the Fryingpan River below Norrie. Diversions were stopped on August l8 when the streamflows below Norrie became too low tO,allow any diversion and still meet the minimum streamflow requirements. Exhibit 4, in four parts, shows graphically the undepleted and residual flows at various points below'the cOllection system. Exhibit 4A, 48, and 4C show the gaged flow helow Chapman Gulch, South Fork, and Fryingpan diversions, respectively. Sawyer Creek diversions were subtracted from the Chapman Gulch undepleted flow as Sawyer Creek would normally enter Chapman Gulch below the gate. Exhibit 4D shows the flows of, the Fryingpan River at Norrie, Colorado, with and without Fryingpan-Arkansas P~oject diversions. The hydro- graphs demonstrate that the fish flow !criteria were met. The 1973 operating plan predicted a project diversion of 34,000 acre-feet under the most probable conditions. The actual diversion was 36,800 acre-feet as measured at the east portal of the Charles H. Boustead Tunnel. The maximum mean daily import was 553 c.f.s. measured on June 27. . Turquoise Lake At the beginning of water year 1973 (october l, 1972), Turquoise Lake storage was 5l,762 acre-feet. Of that amount, l4,52l acre- feet was owned by CFer Steel Corporation; 5,777 acre-feet by the liomestake Project; l,888 acre-feet by the High Line Canal Company; l64 acre-feet by the Catlin Canal Company, and 29,4l2 acre-feet by the project. Of the 29,4l2 acre-feet of project w'l-ter, l,062 acre-feet was owed Twin Lakes as part of project delivel1'ies made from Twin Lakes by exchange due to channel limitations in Lake Fork below Sugar Loaf . 8