WSP04296

• File Number: 8054
• Description: Water Salvage
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 8/10/1956
• Author: R M Gildersleeve
• Title: Salvage Attributable to Transmountain Diversions at Selected Stations on the Upper Colorado River Above Cameo - Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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In ordOl' to QvnIu:,tn UIO "l'panmt ,;:<11':1':0 bOCClllSO of tl','msmo'Jntain

depletions it was neco""nry to define the to t:ll supply aV:l UabIt'! above

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evaluilted, certain index st"tions on m"in tribuL;H'Y stre,'"ns with rolativoly

long records were used and cONelated with the recorded flo\'l at main stem

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Colorado Hiver sl",Lionr; at Hot ;;u,Lpl'lU' ;jJll'ln'~s and Glf'll1wood '='prings.

Using the Colorado Hiver outflow st"'l tion as Hot :i'llphur :iprings, the

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iiHoVl supply ihdex n :'nLions 'wad ,'/or'e:

1. Calm'a.lo llivu).' n(~nr '~rnlld J.J~lke

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2. l,'rnsor Hiver ne:tr Wint8r Parl:

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3. Vasquez Creek near Winter Park

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h. S~. Louis Cl'8Gk nC,lr Flrtl.~jer

). Hanch Creak near fraseI'

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6. Willow Greo~ near Granby

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Included with the above rocords were recordEld diversions of t',e Grand

lliver Ditch and the rcoffat Tunnel. The record at Ho"t :iulphur "'prin~s was

corrected for Grand River Ditch, :',Ioffat Tunnel, and ";olorado-Big Thompson

depletions. Values for the latter 1'Iere obt....i,wd from j'h.i.ljil ll. IIlutz's

"Colorado Hiver above GlenY/ood <:ipl'ings; l'otential Depletions by Existing and

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Selected i'lanned Trllllsmountain Diversion l'rojectsl Hiver Operation, July 1956".

The annual plot oJ the Six Cit:cU.on Supply index va. Hot Sulphur Springs
(corrected) had n fair correhtlon for years 1936-50. See Fir.. 1. Hecords

for this period V!01'O ,'1wli.lr~hle ;~t ..,rl f;LnL.LonfJ illld '..I'anfi!!IL)'lllL:1in. diversions

were not larGe. Because the cor'rolnlion was s.1t,isfnct.o,y thesfJ st,tions

'.';01'0 "sod lO s lllJy tlto lon:;or pln'iocl 1')11 tllDU 19~4.

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