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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. ':t; i ,~i <br />....v.....r ~ <br /> <br />ANNUAL OPERATING PLAN <br />FRYINGPAN-ARKANSAS PROJECT, COLORADO <br />WATER YEAR 1987 OPERATIONS <br />WATER YEAR 1988 OUTLOOK <br /> <br />I. GENERAL <br /> <br />This report is the 19th Annual Operating Plan for the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project (Project). The Project is essentially complete and consists of <br />federally owned dams, reservoirs, conduits, tunnels, pumping plants, a <br />pumped-storage powerplant, electric transmission lines, substations, and <br />other facilities. These features are located in the Fryingpan River and <br />Hunter Creek drainage areas of the Colorado River Basin and in the <br />Arkansas River Basin in central and southeastern Colorado. <br /> <br />These extensive works provide orderly and benefici al use of water for <br />irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, municipal and industrial <br />uses, flood control, and other incidental benefits, such as fish and <br />wildlife preservation and recreation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This report provides the basis for increased cooperation and under~ <br />standing among all concerned with the coordinated operation of the <br />Project. The report has two main parts. The first part reports the <br />results of actual operations in water year 1987 (October I, 1986, to <br />September 30, 1987). The second part presents operating plans for water <br />year 1988 (October I, 1987, to September 30, 1988). <br /> <br />The most probable condition of water supply was used in establishing the <br />general plan for future operations. This condition of water supply was <br />derived by statistical analysis of historical water supply data. After <br />review of the monthly snow surveys prepared by the Soil Conservation <br />Service, the plan will be revised based on the projected water supply. <br /> <br />The Project was authorized under Publ ic Law 87-590, 87th Congress, <br />H.R. 2206, on August 16, 1962. This law provides that the Project will <br />be operated under the Operating Principles adopted by the state of <br />Colorado on April 30, 1959, as amended December 30, 1959, and <br />December 9, 1960. These Operating Principles were published by the 87th <br />Congress, 1st Session, as House Document 130. <br /> <br />II. PROJECT FEATURES IN OPERATION DURING WATER YEAR 1987 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ruedi Reservoir was operated for flood control, recreation, and fish and <br />wildlife purposes. Ruedi water was available for sale on a year-by-year <br />bas is, under temporary contracts based on present needs, and for the <br />four long-term contract holders. <br /> <br />Turquoise Lake was operated for regulation of Project and non-Project <br />water on a service basis, as well as for incidental fish and wildlife <br />and recreation purposes. <br /> <br />1 <br />