WSP06965

• File Number: 8027
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Federal Agencies
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 9/1/1955
• Author: DOI-BOR
• Title: Water Supply and Utilization - DOI-BOR Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Reservoi.rs in the North Platte, KendricJ<, B.nd Colorado-Big
Thompson Projects contained 1,353,300 acre-feet or 41 percent of
ca)acity on AUgLlst 31--essentially the sa~8 as last year at this time.
Storage reS8rve" a!'e only slightly bett8r than anticipated in October
195h under reasonable mininrum inflow; and 145,000 acre,.feet less than
.1Ould have occurred 1,i th Median inflo1-1s.

Green l10untain Reservoir storace is at the content anti-
cipated in the Annual Op8rating Plan \.:ith E:ithe1' nedian or reasonable
mllUmum inf:;'ol-7s. Granby Reseryoir has beeil draloffi dOlm to the content
anti8ipati?d ':ith minirrum inflo'.'s. Carter wke and lIorsetooth Reservoirs
:::re at gre3.t.cr contents than al1ticipated. This is primarily due to
minimwn irr'igation delirands in June, Seminoe Reservoir is almost 150,000
acre-feet Imler than anticipated '.;<.th reasonable minimwn infloc:s.
Pathfinder Reservoir contains almost 100,000 acre-feet more stora~e
than anticipated as 110st probable since the1'e uas no irl'igation demand
on innor,s originating above Pathfinder by the Ilorth Pl:ltte Project
during Fa,' or J'lI1e. Stol'age contents on August. 31 of individual
reservoirs aloe shmffi belo1-1 in com;oarison 1-1ith comparable contents in
previous yeai~S.

(1000 acre-feet)
I Total storage on August 31 I
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i la-year Total
. average storage
Reservoir . 1955 1954 1953 1952 (1945-54 ) ca acit
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__ 1 148, I 13905 152.2
IGreen j':ountain ; 72. 0.7 1 .
!Granby 232.4 :'\17.8 I 500.6 510.7 539.8
'Horsetooth 38.8 16.7 63.4 70.8 151.8
, 24.5 1),,2 112.4
ICarter Lake
i Seminoe 463.3 355.5 660.2 955.4 777.5 1012.0
I Pathfi!'.der 220.6 349.6 472.6 568.3 336.5 101).9
Alcova 183.6 180.2 182.3 188.6 172.5 190.5
Guernsey 23.0 26.7 15.2 22.4 2l.5 4h.8
Lakes Alice
e, i-lina ta re 13.7 13.8 73.4
Total 131)3.3 329 .2
I Total Total
, storage
Il'roject ca acit
Kendrick '11 , 1207.0 .
IH. Platte I
: 586,,2 1134.0 I
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