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<br />r-- <br />0(1 <br /><;j"! <br />C'J <br /> <br />c..) <br />C_) <br /> <br />. rises in New Mexico and fiowa northeast into Colorado. It a1l11O enters <br />Colorado near the tom at ortiz where a gage is also maintained for t.be <br />same purpose as, the one on Los P1nos River. <br />Back on the Cone3os River, at I'l1'oyles B:tI'1dge, about Si lllUes <br />west of the town of !lopte, Colorado, III gage, 1dent1fJ.ed as the 0flne308 <br />near )10g0te, 18. maint-a1'1OOe fhis 18 e. wry 1lllportant gage as it in a <br />Rio Grande CoDlpaot station for measuring the lilIIlOunt of water at tbl!I head <br />of the dtversione, and it 18 also III flood control point. <br />P14toro Reller'Voil' w:U1 be equipped W1.th III reservo1l' 1&'ftl1 gage. <br />As required by the Rio Grande COllIpaCt, a continuous .recarder wU1 be <br />installed and. ma1nta1ned on th18 gage.; <br />'l'bere 1s also III gap on the Cone.1os R1vv ar>plVx1ma~ 1f lJl.U.es <br />doimstrealIl from Platoro, Colorado., <br />fhe Class A evaporation station, whhlh was 1mJtaUe4 at P1atoro <br />in 19$0, will prov.ld.e recOl.'ds for COlIlpUting the amount of evapozoat1on fl'Im <br />PlatoroReservou. <br />In addition to the recards !:rom the. 8tat.tou, recorda aft <br />kept by the state of Colorado of all divel'll1on8 bom the Cone308, San Antonio, <br />and Los Pinos Rivers, in Colorado.. <br />To operate Platero Reservob for tJ.ooci control, it 1s planned to <br />use forecasts of tlle spring runoff and app1,y a Pl!ll'ameter-typ& aperat10n <br />IlSing these forecasts.e 'l'hie type operation provides ..fOr <il'aw:lng the reservou. <br />down in anticipation of spring runoff', The control point ie at Mogot.e, aDli <br /> <br />$ <br />