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<br />00100~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Pt. Ln,-amie ~an"-l "ns a nominnl c'.\[la~i ty limited to 1,550 <br />cubic feet. per second because thnt is the capacity of ttmnels ~nd <br />siphons located in the first 15 miles of tho oanal. Bocauso of t:oe <br />li:nited ""po.city and large demand for w::\i;er, the l::ost timely <br />e.pplicntion of water to the land cnnnot c.lwc.ys be made d',ring July <br />and AUGust, the period of pElak demo.nds~ It is planned to make Braziel <br />Reservoir large enough to supply lands under the HOl'se Creek L.".teral <br />during thoso months, The cape_city forrr:erly used by Horse Creek <br />Luteral would then be avo.ilablo for use on other Ft. Lnrnmie Division <br />lands. <br /> <br />Oper.'\tion of ]3rn"iel ResElrvoir would be similar to th"t of Lo.k" s <br />Alice ,end :,.illatare on thEl Intcrst,roo Division of the North Platte <br />Project. <br /> <br />.U.TER RESOURCES <br /> <br />Reservoir Sup~~y <br /> <br />Brc,ziel Resorvoir would bo used prim:crily tq storo 1.'11:lyoidable <br />oporc.tion:'l.l \'Jn~tcs occurring on the Ft" La..r['.!1lio Division. Tho IDo..in <br />w~tor sourc~s to bo used Gr0: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />0.", Ft, Lc.r::~mic Cr..nnl Y1C.stcS. <br />b. FloVl originC\tinG in Dry Creck Drain. <br /> <br />If tho ".boyo sources c.re not suffic!.ent to supply 6,5 thous"-nd <br />acre-fcet for'stornGe in.Braziel by J\me 30 of nny yenr, so thnt <br />lands in Nebraskn under the Eoree Crock LC\ternl mc.y be supplied from <br />the reservoir- during July and August, w::'..tcr from ar:..y of the follo\'I:i.ng <br />sourcos would be drxvn upon to m:cke up any defieioncy, and dolivorod <br />to tho recorvoir throuGh the Ft. Lc,rr,mie C:-.nal: <br /> <br />n. S'"rplus flo",s in the N"rth Plr.t-\:e Jl.ivcr. <br />b. Surplus flows in tho Lr.r[\J,lio River. <br />c. Surplus floDs in Horse Creek. <br />d, Stored wC\tcr from P~thfinder, or Guernsey <br />Reservoir.. lJl1Cln nvai l~li)lo. <br /> <br />It is antieipntod tilat "the proposed Glenda Reservoir, when <br />constructed, will absorb most "xeess North Platte River flor,s. Plccos <br />nro ~lso bein~ considered for storngo of winter ~nd excess Laramio <br />Rival' flm>s ner1r tho mouth of tho Lc.ro.mie River, aboye tho Ft. L:oramie <br />Cnn',l, so thoct in tho future such excess Lc.ramie River flo,"Is mc.y bo <br />s:r.1C\ll in c..:r.lmmto Thus, in most yce>..rs r:hcn ~dditionul Wrltcr is roquired <br />at B""zlol, it is unticipntod that storad \"/Clter from Guernsoy or <br />Pathfinder Reservoirs, within prnetieal limits, Dill be moved dorm- <br />strenm to mako up nny deficioncy in wOeste rle.ter or Dry Creok DrC\in <br />flow nocessary to bring Brc.ziel Resorvoir to a stor~go level of 6.5 <br />thousc.nd ~cro-fect by J~~e 30. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />14 <br />