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<br />( <br />Point of <br />Reference <br />or River <br />, Reach <br /> <br />" <br />Flows At ( <br />1%9 <br />Level of <br />Development <br />1898-1972 <br /> <br />llissouri River at Dig Bend Pam <br />Between Big Behd and Fort Randall <br />~tissouri River at Fort Randall Dam 21,640,000 <br />Between Fort llandall and Cavins Point <br />Missouri r~ver at Cavins Point Dam 23,059,000 <br />Between'Cavins Point and Sioux City <br />Missouri River at Sioux City, Iowa 24,593,000 <br />Between Sioux City and Houth <br />Missouri P~ver at Nouth 58,468,000 <br /> <br />Depletions <br />Be t\?een <br />1949 <br />and 1970 <br /> <br />Flows At <br />1970 <br />Level of <br />Development <br />1898-1972 <br /> <br />160,000 <br /> <br />19,118,000 <br /> <br />143,000 <br /> <br />20,394,OCO <br /> <br />107,000 <br /> <br />21,821;000 <br /> <br />2,096,000 <br /> <br />Only a limited amount of the total average annual flm? of the Missouri <br /> <br />53,600,000 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />River, or of the total reservoir capacity of the reservoirs is intended <br /> <br />or needed for municipal and industrial uses. For example, the North <br /> <br />Central PO>Jer Study contemplated a requirement of only 855,000 acre-feet <br /> <br />of water per year of water in the Yellowstone River Basin. <br /> <br />'Specifically, performance of the flood control function of the PSMBP <br /> <br />should be improved by upstream H&I depletions. <br /> <br />Navigation and po;,Jer functions of the l'SHBP may be fractionally <br /> <br />affected; but the affect \?ill be not much greater than would have been <br /> <br />caused by upstream irrigation plans which are now subject to deferment. <br /> <br />And both functions should be benefited by the improved payout of the <br /> <br />PSHBP which ne\? M&l revenues should assure. Too, it has been historically <br /> <br />recognized that navigation and power would need to yield, as upstream <br /> <br />developments involving the consumptive une of ,mter come on the line. <br /> <br />Irri,~ation f.unctions should not be impaired by H&l depletions; and <br /> <br />should, in fact, benefit by reason of the increased M&I revenue available <br /> <br />for aid to the irrigation function. <br /> <br />Fish and wildlife, recreation and <later quality functions should be <br /> <br />less affected by N&I depletions than by the depIctions "Jhich would have <br /> <br />been caused by authorized upstream irrigation plans,which are now subject <br /> <br />to deferment. The prospect of continued Congressional funding of the <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />1 <br />I' 'I <br />