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<br />. <br /> <br />'-r";r <br />l~61 <br /> <br />During water year 1984, 145,480 acre-feet of water was released from <br />Turquoise Lake through Mt. Elbert Conduit to Mt. Elbert Forebay (table 6 and <br />exh i b it 10). I n add it i on to th i s quant ity of flow-through water, 83,180 acre- <br />feet of water was pumped from Twin Lakes into the forebay for Mt. Elbert <br />Powerplant power generation. <br /> <br />The powerp 1 ant generated a lmos t 84,778,000 k i 1 owa tt-hours duri ng water year <br />1984 with 223,680 acre-feet of water. <br /> <br />Twin Lakes /Mt. Elbert storage at the end of the water year was 145,150 <br />acre-feet. Twin Lakes storage was 138,060 acre-feet and Mt. Elbert Forebay <br />was 7,090 acre-feet. <br /> <br />F. Pueblo Reservoir <br /> <br />At the end of water year 1983, Pueblo Reservoir content was 221,180 <br />acre-feet. The Winter Water Storage Program was in effect from November 15 <br />through March 14, allowing storage in Pueblo Reservoir of 84,644 acre-feet <br />of water. Project water releases were made from Turquoise Lake through Twin <br />Lakes to Pueb 1 0 Reservo i r throughout the sunrner. P ueb 1 0 Reservo i r reached <br />its maximum storage on March 14. Elevation was 4884,45 feet and content was <br />283,210 acre-feet. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The high native runoff in the Arkansas River and the normal precipitation in <br />the basin supplied most of the needs of the water users below Pueblo <br />Reservoir during water year 1984 (exhibits 11 and 12). Only 37,790 acre- <br />feet of project water was released from storage and 8630 acre-feet of <br />1983-1984 winter stored water was released or evaporated during the year. <br />All of the 1982-1983 winter stored water was released or dumped throughout <br />the year (exhibit 13). The water year ended with 242,550 acre-feet of water <br />in storage in Pueblo Reservoir. <br /> <br />Table 7 and exhibit 14 show Pueblo Reservoir operations during water year <br />1984. The pan evaporation rate used for computing Pueblo Reservoir evapora- <br />tion is shown on exhibit 15. <br /> <br />G. Storage Contracts <br /> <br />In water year 1984, the project had 12 contracts for storage of <br />water in project storage space in the East Slope storage system. Four are <br />long-term contracts: Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company for 54,452 <br />acre-feet, CF&I Steel Corporation for firm storage for 17,416 acre-feet of <br />replacement storage and 10,000 acre-feet of additional storage space, High <br />Line Canal Company for 10,000 acre-feet of storage space, and Homestake <br />Project for 30,000 acre-feet of storage space. The remaining contracts are <br />l-year interim contracts for if-and-when available storage space, <br /> <br />Durin9 water year 1984, CF&I steel corporation sold its firm storage for <br />17,416 acre-feet of replacement storage to the city of Colorado Springs and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br />