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<br />l802 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />Ruedi Dam is located on the Fryingpan River on Colorado's western <br />slope. The reservoir provides replacement storage for out-of-priority <br />depletion by the Project. Additional storage water is available for <br />sale to meet irrigation and municipal and industrial water needs in <br />western Colorado. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The reservoir has a total capacity of 102,300 acre-feet. The spillway <br />on the right abutment is uncontrolled with an ogee-type crest and has a <br />total release capability of 5,500 cubic feet per second. <br /> <br />Storage in Ruedi Reservoir at the beginning of water year 1987 <br />(September 30, 1986) was near capacity at 100,900 acre-feet. By <br />mid-December the reservoir release was increased to 185 cubic feet per <br />second to accomp1 ish winter drawdown. This release rate was maintained <br />until early May when it was increased to 300 cubic feet per second to <br />bypass spring snowmelt. During May and June, re1 eases were further <br />adjusted to assure refill of the reservoir by early July. The maximum <br />daily release occurred on June 21 at 394 cubic feet per second. <br />Thereafter, releases were adjusted to stabilize the reservoir water sur- <br />face elevation about 2 fEiet below the spillway crest. The maximum <br />reservoir content reached during the year was 101,370 acre-feet on July <br />30. Maximum inflow for the year of 1,586 cubic feet per second occurred <br />on June 8. The inflow slowly declined to approximately 35 cubic feet per <br />second on September 30, 1987. <br /> <br />During water year 1987, requests were made for releases of stored water <br />by two storage contract entities. Total release for these two entities <br />was approximately 50 acre-feet. West Divide useage was about 5 acre- <br />feet and Battlement Mesa useage was approximately 45 acre-feet. West <br />Divide called for a release from September 11 through September 30. <br />Battlement Mesa releases were made August 20 through August 22 and <br />September 21 through September 30. An additional 826 acre-feet of water <br />to cover the replacement needs of the Ute Water Conservancy District <br />normally a replacement requirement of Green Mountain Reservoir was deli- <br />vered from Ruedi Reservoir (Table 1). The content on September 30, <br />1987, was 95,710 acre-feet. <br /> <br />:. <br /> <br />Exhibits 1 and 2 show the precipitation and pan evaporation at Meredith. <br />Table 2 and exhibit 3 show the operations of Ruedi Reservoir during <br />water year 1987. <br /> <br />B. West Slope Collection System <br /> <br />The Project imports during water year 1987 as measured at Charles <br />H. Boustead Tunnel (Boustead Tunnel) outlet by the Colorado Division of <br />Water Resources and reduced by Busk-Ivanhoe imports through Boustead <br />Tunne 1 were 2,150 acre-feet (see tab 1 e 3). The April 1 forecast of <br />available imports for May through September was 40,ODD acre-feet. <br />However, due to high reservoir storage in the Arkansas River Basin, all <br />divertib1e flows were not imported. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />J <br />