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<br />Placing the above values into the water budget equation gives a mean annual <br /> <br />water yield (1950-72) of 45,665 acre-feet. <br /> <br />Reservoirs <br /> <br />The Dams and Reservoirs Branch, Colorado Division of Water Re- <br /> <br />sources, reports there are 36 reservoirs located in former Water District <br /> <br />No.9 with a total decreed storage capacity of 32,330 ac-ft. In addition, <br /> <br />there are four reservoirs outside of former Water District No.9 (total storage <br /> <br />of 1779 ac-ft) that are filled from Bear Creek or Turkey Creek diversions. <br /> <br />Two-thirds of the total decreed storage capacity in former Water District No. <br /> <br />9 (19,793 ac-ft) is in Marston Lake which is used as a municipal water <br /> <br />storage facility for the City of Denver. <br /> <br />Water stored in Marston Lake is obtained via transbasin diversion <br />c---_,-,--.-- ....- .,,--' ....'---.----- <br /> <br />from the South Platte River. Upon completion of an aqueduct that is now <br />- . --.. <br /> <br />under construc.tion, Bear Creek water owned by Denver wiil also be stored <br /> <br />in Marston Lake. <br /> <br />The only on-stream reservoir is Evergreen Lake which is owned by <br /> <br />the City of Denver and used primarily for recreation. Bear Creek Dam is <br /> <br />presently under construction on Bear Creek a short distance downstream from <br /> <br />the confluence of Turkey Creek and Bear Creek. This dam wiil be used for <br /> <br />flood control purposes and have a maximum reservoir capacity of 52,000 ac-ft. <br /> <br />Completion date is scheduled for late 1976. To obtain additional information <br /> <br />on reservoirs in former Water District No.9, reference should be made to the <br /> <br />roster of dams located in the Dams and Reservoirs Branch of the Colorado Divi- <br /> <br />sion of Water Resources. <br /> <br />-29- <br /> <br />~ <br />