WSP07307

• File Number: 8142.100
• Description: Trinidad Project - Studies - Operation Studies
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1996
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Trinidad Background Info Notebook Part 3
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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fishery values.

The maintenance of a minimum pool for enhancement of recreation and

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capacities:

The construction of the Trinidad Dam and Reservoir with the following allocated

Flood Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Irrigation and M & I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Permanent fishery pool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Joint use ** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

51,000 acre-feet
20,000 acre-feet
15,967 acre-feet*
39 000 acre-feet

Total capacity

125,967 acre-feet

* Original Congressional Allocation was 4500 acre feet
**For irrigation, M & I and sediment accumulation.

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I. "Reservoir" means the Reservoir constructed on the Purgatoire River above the
. City ofTrinidad, Colorado. '

2. "District" means the Purgatoire River Water Conservancy District, that entity
created and existing under laws of the State of Colorado to contract for repayment to the United
States of an appropriate share of the project costs allocated to the irrigation and M & I use. The
District shall also be the agency responsible for the regulation of irrigation and M & I water
supplies within the District boundaries in the manner set forth therein.

3. "Unused Sediment Capacitv" means that portion of the 39,000 acre-feet of
reservoir capacity allocated to joint use but unoccupied by sediment at any given time.

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4. "Irrigation Capacity" means the 20,000 acre-feet of reservoir capacity allocated to
irrigation and M & I use plus the,!lnsd:"~~iuu uf ,I", Julm usc....~t'~...ity.
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5. "Permanent Fishery Pool Capacit}''' means the 15,967 acre-feet of reservoir
capacity allocated to fishery and recreation.

6. "Permanent Fishery Pool" means the quantity of water stored in the permanent
fishery pool capacity.

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7. "Flood Control" means the temporary storage offJood waters at any reservoir
pool level as necessary to alleviate flood damages through the City of Trinidad and downstream

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