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<br />n019!'H <br /> <br />:.~~~:i.l <br /> <br />~{~ <br />t~~:~:;~. <br /> <br />Reservoir Operation Report <br />Take 2 -- <br /> <br />operation of upstream reservoirs 1vere as follow: <br /> <br />Culbertson, /lont. <br />Bismarck, N.D. <br />Sioux City, Ia. <br />Omaha, Neb. <br />Rulo, Neb. <br />Kansas City, t-1o. <br /> <br />8.6 feet <br />7.8 feet <br />12.8 feet <br />12.6 feet <br />9.8 feet <br />3.3 feet <br /> <br />Flood damages prevented by the main stem system during 1975 are esti- <br /> <br />mated at $87 million, bringing the total since construction began to <br /> <br />over $900 million. <br /> <br />The high inflows provided a nwnber of benefits to other purposes <br /> <br />served by the main stem reservoirs. Hydropower generation is expected <br /> <br />to exceed 13 billion kwh during CY 1975, the highest since system <br /> <br />operations began over 20 years ago. Hydropower revenues from the main <br /> <br />stem system during FY 1975 were nearly 63 million, 18 percent greater <br /> <br />than the previous year. High releases from the system have contributed <br /> <br />to increased channel depths for navigation and have greatly decreased <br /> <br />barge groundings or delays. The above normal water supply will also <br /> <br />allow a 10-day extension to the 1975 navigation season. Navigation <br /> <br />tonnages during 1975 are expected to be near the averages for the past <br /> <br />The high reservoir levels generally were conducive to the best fish <br /> <br />,,~~ <br />tl~;: <br />:%jf@~._~ <br />rf~~ <br />r''''i.;:};' <br />/*~-'*!~ <br />:>:~~::::~. <br />'--;-'.- . <br />~.- .~.~ .,;-. <br />;}~-;.~:- <br />;/:~~~~:!~ <br /> <br /> <br />decade, but helow the tonnages of last year, reflecting largely the <br /> <br />nation's lowered economic activity and reduced grain shipments. <br /> <br />spawning and development conditions for many years in several of the <br /> <br />reservoirs. However, the high levels adversely affected some of the <br /> <br />developed recreation areas around the reservoirs and may have been a <br /> <br />factor in the reduced visitations to the projects this past spring and <br /> <br />summer. <br /> <br />;':'-.-:.1': <br />. ',","," <br />'-;;':.;.:c: . <br />.',.-,'. <br /> <br />-- MORE -- <br /> <br /><_.- ~;,.> <br /> <br />".,.C. <br />,".' ~ <br /> <br />". .~: <br />'- :....-' -~ <br />':;-;;W:;~}:~tk~r~;:;'f;f0Y~if;i};:;yt;1:Y;,:;:~:(/<;;;.:"':':~:;;"f,}!;~;\!0~::t;':'~;;{"~{':j::"':,';~'J:;;:;&;;fiX~'~;~ti~'~E:::;.tt~~r:~~::trfj~'i:~t0:i;<i{/:, <br />