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<br />r" <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />t' . . <br /> <br />(. <br /> <br />.lPPENDIX E <br /> <br />Storage for control of noods in New Mexioo ms made uhenever <br />the nows at the otom gage was 5,000 cubic feet per seoom, or larger, <br />am when water Tras available at \lagon Wheel Gap.. Travel thes used 17ere I <br />Wagon Wheel to Del Norte - no lag; Wagon Wheel" to Alamosa - om day; <br />Wagon Wheel to otowi - four de;vs.. <br /> <br />During November through February, water stored for the oontrol <br />of fioods in New Llexico would be evaouated at ratesoonsistent with the <br />limitations of non-damaging nows am of aocrual. of annual credits ulJl.er <br />the terms of the Rio Grande Oompact, with a minimum of 5,000 acre-feet, <br />when available, released in January am Febr1.1ary, for the preservation of <br />fish. UlJl.er this operation, the reservo:ir would' be evaouated at least to <br />the top of the 300,000 acre-toGt pool by IIaroh 1. <br /> <br />Po,rer. Development of hydroeleotric power at the Wagon Wheel <br />Gap site was considered in several studies. Because of the extreme varia- <br />tion of available head am the occasional emptying of the reservoir,pro- <br />duction of hydroelectric energy is not feasible tmier the proposed plan <br />of development. Pump storage povIer development by means of reversible <br />turbines is not feasible due to the great distance of the looation from <br />a~ oentral pol'ler systems with large amounts of dump emrgy for sale at <br />low rates. Acoordingly, no releases lVere made for production of hydro-' <br />electric energy in Study 12-R. <br /> <br />Rio G~an:1e Comoaot~ Theana~sis of the depletion allowable <br />tmier terms of tre 'Rio Grame Compact automaticaJ.1y minimize tre annual <br />variation between actual am scheduled deliveries of water., The only <br />releases made strictly for Compact purposes consist of releases of debit <br />water in compliance with the Compact, and the passiqr through the reservoir <br />all inflows when no increase in storage was permitted by the Oompact., <br /> <br />Stud,v Tabul~tio~ <br /> <br />, study 12-R is tabulated in Table Eoo12. The contents of Wagon " <br />Wheel Gap Reservoir am the comparison of .the recorded am routed now. <br />of the Rio Grande at Del Norte am Lobatos are sho\Tl1 graphieaJ.ly in <br />Figures E-9, E-lO, am E-ll, respectively. <br /> <br />40 $,'". <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. ,,~ <br /> <br />'. ". ...p .... <br /> <br />..... ';'. : .:" '. .,' .~ <br /> <br />'.. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. <br />". <br /> <br />. ';,0 <br /> <br />r . .. ,~-::'~ <br />,_ \. .1'-.. V -.J ~ <br /> <br />E-/J. <br />