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<br />U") <br />In <br />L0 <br />..... <br />C...:.) <br />G' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. Construction. Construction in the Rio Grande Basin consisted of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />contracts awarded in 1980. A reprocurement contract for completion of the <br /> <br /> <br />Tetilla Peak recreation facilities and roads at Cochiti Lake, N.M., was <br /> <br /> <br />initiated in July 1980 and is 98 percent complete. A contract was awarded in <br /> <br /> <br />September 1980 for repaving of a portion of United Pueblos Road No. 90. <br /> <br /> <br />However, work will not begin until March 1981. A contract awarded in <br /> <br /> <br />November 1980 for the correction of sewerage system deficiencies at Abiquiu <br /> <br /> <br />Dam is 70 percent complete and one awarded in November 1980 for a Section 32 <br /> <br /> <br />streambank protection demonstration site near Abiquiu, N.M., is 95 percent <br /> <br /> <br />complete. In July 1980 a contract was awarded for the construction of <br /> <br /> <br />Mulberry and Thorn Drive dams, El Paso, Texas. This contract is 32 percent <br /> <br /> <br />complete with completion scheduled in June 1982. <br /> <br />4. Emergency Flood Control Work. Emergency flood control work in the Rio <br /> <br /> <br />Grande Basin consisted of flood potential investigations during the spring <br /> <br /> <br />snowmelt in Colorado and New Mexico with advance measures work at Monte <br /> <br />Vista, Colorado. There was no significamt flooding or damage from snowmelt <br /> <br /> <br />runoff. Flood emergency investigations were made at San Juan and Belen, <br /> <br /> <br />N.M., due to summer floods. <br /> <br />5. Water Control. <br /> <br />a. Abiquiu Dam. Storage at Abiquiu from spring runoff began in mid- <br /> <br /> <br />April and continued through late June. The peak inflow was 5,300 c.f.s. on <br /> <br /> <br />23 May. Maximum storage attained was 198,000 acre-feet (elevation 6219.93 <br /> <br /> <br />ft.) on 14 June. The release rate during late April and May was about 1,700 <br /> <br /> <br />c.f.s. The release in early June was increased to 2,200 c.f.s. By 14 June <br /> <br /> <br />the release exceeded inflow and evacuation of storage was continued through <br /> <br /> <br />mid-July. Evacuation of the remaining spring runoff in storage was begun on <br /> <br /> <br />1 November 1980 and completed on 31 December 1980. The City of Albuquerque <br /> <br /> <br />had approximately 40,400 acre-feet of water in storage at the end of the <br /> <br /> <br />year. <br /> <br />4 <br />