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5 . 1072 Turquoise f.ake On October 1, 1973, the Deginning of the water veal', Turquoise Lake storage was 76,509 acre-feet. of that amount, 14,101 acre-feet was owned bV ergr Steel Corporation; 8,276 acre-feetbv the Homestake Proj- ect; 1,782 acre-feet bV the'High r,ine <;anal Company; 106 acre-feet bv the.catlin Canal Company; and 52,244 acre-feet DV the Fryingpan-Arkansas Prolect. Of the 52,244 acre-feet of project water in Turquoise Lake, 1,719 acre- feet was owed to Twin Lakes as part of project deliveries made from Twin Lakes bv exchange due to channel limitations in Lake Fork below Sugar Loaf Dam. Tllere was 415 acre-feet remaininp; of the 11,000 acre-feet allotted in 1973 to be sold by the Southeastern Colorado hrater Conservancy District. An additional 63 acre-feet of the allotted water was delivered in October and the remaining 352 acre-feet was included in the 1974 allocation to the District. . Between ,Tanuarv 7 and earlv flarch, 20,555 acre-feet of project water was released from Turquoise Lake for storage in Pueblo Reservoir. An addi- tional 5,863 acre-feet was borrowed from Twin 'Lakes for the same purpose. An exchange of water with Twin Lakes was necessary because of problems with ice in Lake Fork Creek and the Arkansas River below Sugar Loaf Dam. This water was paid back along with other borrowed water at the earliest opportunity. A total of 33,830 acre-feet of water was imported by the project and stored in Turquoise Lake. Of this amount, 18,600 acre-feet was made available to the'Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District for delivery to water users in the Arkansas Valley. The summer of 1974 was relatively dry in the Arkansas Valley of Colorado. Deliverv of water to the city of L<lrnar hegan in early ,Tune and to Colo- rado Springs late in June. A large demand for irrigation water was made in ,Tulv and earlv Aup;ust. . At the end of Mav, Turquoise Lake storage was 69,135 acre-feet. Of that amount, 14,647 acre-feet was owned hy Cr&r Steel corporation; 13,933 acre-feet bv Homestake Project; 778 acre-feet by High Line Canal Company; 80 acre-feet bv Catlin Canal Company; and 39,697 acre- feet by the rryinp,pan-Arkansas Project. Included in the project owner- ship was 5,838 acre-feet of water owed to Twin Lakes. At th~ end of the water y~ar,'September 30, there was 51,986 acre-feet in storap;e in Turquoise Lake. Of this amount, 13,668 acre-feet was owned bv Crgr Steel Corporation; 7,299 acre-feet by Homestake Project; 82 acre-feet bv High Line Canal Companv; 92 acre-feet by Catlin Canal Comnany; and 30,845 acre-feet by the Frvingnan-Arkansas Pr04ect. All