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<br />15S6 <br /> <br />through July Ruedi Reservoir inflow as w~ll as projected project imports for <br />Turquoise Lake will be started on February 1 and continue on the first of <br />each succeeding month through May 1. <br /> <br />The contract with the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />requires notification be given to the district by April 15 of the quantity <br />of water available for their use through April 3D, 1986. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />B. Ruedi Reservoir <br /> <br />Ruedi Reservoir wi 11 be opera1ted in water year 1985 to control <br />spring runoff and is expected to be 109,!400 acre-feet based on the most pro- <br />bab le cond i t i on. The reservo i r wi 11 provide max imum storage for use by <br />recreational interests, enhance fish and wildlife and make, on demand, <br />releases of contracted water. This is an interim plan until a long-term <br />market is developed for all the available stored water. Short term sales <br />may be made on a year-to-year basis as ~he need develops for water. <br /> <br />The planned releases from Ruedi Reservoir for October through December will <br />be approximately 150 ft3/s. Releases f~om January through April will be set <br />at a flow which would draw the reservoir down to an elevation of 7706 feet. <br />However, based upon the type of runoff season indicated by monthly snowpack <br />data, the outflow from the reservoir and the target elevation may be <br />adjusted. Monthly estimates of probable inflow would be made following the <br />February 1 through May 1 runoff forecasts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />The mlnlmum release requirements, I as described in the ol)erating <br />principles, are 39 ft3/s from November 1 through April 30 and 110 ft3/s from <br />May 1 through October 31 or native inflow, whichever is less. These flows <br />include water from Rocky Fork. <br /> <br />Recreation interests requested that the reservoir water level not be drawn <br />down below elevation 7706 feet (53,100 acre-feet), which is 2 feet above the <br />bottom of the Forest Service boat ramp. This request will be honored until <br />additional long-term contracts are dev.loped for the sale of the remaining <br />storage water. <br /> <br />The operating plan indicates that the r~servoir will be filled by about July <br />5, thus providing recreational benefitslduring the summer months, as well as <br />sports fishing on the Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam during the first part <br />of July. After July 5, the operating plan is to maintain the reservoir as <br />near as possible to elevation 7764 feet (2 feet below the spillway <br />crest) until it is necessary to draw the reservoir down for downstream <br />demands or for storage of the spring' runoff. The Colorado Division of <br />Wildlife has requested that the outqow be maintained at 100 ft3/s from <br />September 1 through November 15 to enhance the downstream brown trout <br />spawning. These flows can be maintained under normal conditions. <br />I <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />. <br />