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<br /> <br />Those attending the meeting agreed to this operating criteria arid <br />the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife I s letter o.r Hav 11, 1972, <br />to the Chairman of the Fryinp;pan-ArkansasCommisslon re.commerided that <br />the Bureau. of Reclamation fo.regofi~h byp~ss 1;lows ,at Granite, Lily <br />Pad, and Sawyer CrMk diversion points.,Therefore, the following <br />bypass requirements were used during the,lg74 operation:' , <br /> <br />Ftsherv B~pass <br />: . Requirement .' <br />ft 3/s <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />107'1. <br /> <br />Div,ersion Point <br /> <br />Lily Pad <br />Sawyer Creek. <br />Chapman Gulch <br />South, Fork <br />Hain Stem <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />3 <br />6 , <br />. 12 <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, acting through the State Water conservation <br />Board, initiated filings in August 1973 for instream use or these <br />fish bypass flows as shown above, and the \1ater Court .in \1ater <br />Division No.5 awarded the board a water right with a prlorltv'date <br />of JUlv 12, 1973. <br /> <br />The minimum required bypass at the collection system controlled diver- <br />sions until about ,Tuly l? .when it becam$ necessary to pass more than the . <br />minimum at the collection system in ordf.r to meet the streamflow require- <br />ments' or the Fryingpan River below Norrie. "Divepsions were stopped on <br />August 12 when the streamflows below Norrie became too low to allow any <br />diversion and still meet the minimum streamflow requirements. <br /> <br />Exhibi t 5, in fi,ve parts, shows p;raphi~ally the operation of the various <br />diversion points or the collection system. Exhibit 5Ashows the, total <br />flow which was diverted at Lily Pad an~ SawYlO\r Gl'eek. Exhibits 5B, 5C, <br />and 5D show the undepleted and.residl.lal flows at Chapman Gulch, SOl.lth <br />Fork, and Fryingpan Diversions,respectively. Sawyer Creek diversions <br />were substracted ..from the .Chapman Gulch unde?leted flow as Sawyer Creek <br />would normally enter Cll.apman Gulch below the gap;e.F:xhibit 5E shows the <br />flows of the rrvingpan River at NorrIe, Colorado, with and without <br />FT'vingpan-Arkansas Project diversions. The hvdrographs demonstrate tnat <br />the minimum flow criteria were met. . . <br /> <br />i" . <br />The 1974 op",rating plan predicted a p~oject diversiori~f 36,000 acre- <br />feet under the most probable conditioTJs.Th", actual dlyersion was 33,830 <br />acre-reet as measured at the east portal of the Charl",s H, ,Boustead <br />Tunnel. Lower than average precipitation at the higher . el,Elvfltionsand <br />strong, drying winds caused a lesser runoff th<an' waseXP<\l<;lted W,hen .the <br />forecast was made on May 1.,Themaxim\\mrne<an daily import was 457 c.Ls. <br />on May 29 and a maximum instantaneous ,peak of 5740. f. s. ,on May 29 and <br />again on ,June 18. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />4 <br />