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1130 Reservoir Operation Planned operation of Turquoise Lake for water year 1976 was made assuming ideal conditions and complying with as many requests by involved entities as possible. It is recognized that in actual operation, circumstances may require some variation from the plan. Native inflow of Lake Fork Creek and Busk-Ivanhoe imports were estimated from historic records. The annual results of the probability study (Exhibit 1 and Exhibit 2) for the 10-, 50- ,and 90-percent values were distributed monthly on the basis of an average historic year. Native inflow was stored and credited to the CF&I Steel Corporation's account during the winter months. ' Homestake Project will not import any water in 1976. A portion of their water in storage was assumed to be delivered in February, March, and April and some in July, August, and September. The balance would be carried over for use in the following year. This delivery schedule will be modified to meet the requirements as they vary during the year. During the past several water years, water has been stored in Turquoise Lake for the Catlin Canal Company under an iinterim agreement. This was done by an exchange with that company's Mt.; Pisgah Reservoir on oil Creek and Larkspur Ditch transmountain diversions. Similar amounts and pattern of storage was considered for Catl~n Canal Company in 1976. Pueblo Water Board owns one-half of the Busk-Ivanhoe imports. Asthe Board does not have a contract to store water in Turquoise Lake, their half will be passed downstream. That part of the Busk-Ivanhoe imports belo~ging to the High Line Canal Company was considered stored in Turquoise' Lake under contract. Re- leases to High Line Canal Company were pat~erned after previous years. CF&I Steel Corporation stores native inflow in the winter months up to 17,400 acre-feet under that corporation's ,1902 storage right. Releases of CF&I water were patterned after previous years. Project imports for 1976 are as follows: jreasonable minimum, 20,000 acre-feet; most probable, 39,000 acre-fee~; and reasonable maximum, 61,000 acre-feet. In November, 11,100 acre-feet of water was transferred to Pueblo Reservoir for storage in the conservation pool. This transfer was to provide greater flexibility in delivery of Project water to irrigators next summer. The amount of water considered for delivery to the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District varies from 0 to 40,600 acre-feet. Under 14 . . .