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<br />127C <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CF&I Steel Cb:rporation exercised its option for an additional 10,000 <br />acre-feet of storage in Turquoise as specified in the transfer arrangements <br />for 'l'Urqooise lake. CF&I's control of the additional storage became <br />effective. April 1, 1979. <br /> <br />The City of Pueblo utilized their interim storage oontract to store <br />transnountain 9iversions through Wurtz, Ewing, and Cblumbine Ditch in <br />the system. Initial storage of this water was by exchange into 'l'Urqooise <br />Lake. <br /> <br />A release' of 57.5 acre-feet was made into Mt. Elbert Cbnduit between <br />August 6 and September 5 to pressure test that newly CXlllpleted feature. <br /> <br />On September 30, 1979, there W9re, 105,800 acre-feet in storage in Tw:quoise <br />Lake. CFt.I Steel Cbtporation owned 15,098 acre-feet of this storage, <br />and the rEmainder waf! Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water or water of other <br />entities stored by contract in Fryingpan-Arkansas Project space. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, , <br />, , <br />The total '.inflow to 'l'Urqooise for the year was 126,600 acre-feet (Busk- <br />Ivanb:le, ?,400 acre-feet; Hcmes~, 30,900 acre-feet; Fryingpan-Arkansas, <br />53, 700 ~f(ilet; Native, 34,600 .acre-feet) . <br /> <br />Table 2 arid Eldiibit 3 sOOw the operation of Tw:quoise Reservoir during <br />,water year 1979. <br /> <br />D. ;Pueblo Reservoir <br /> <br />Pueblo Re$rvoir's Content on Septerroor 30, . 1978, was 30,882 acre-feet. <br /> <br />The third ,trial Winter Water Storage Program was ronducted with the <br />storage period being between November 15, 1978, and March 15, 1979. <br />During this period,. 37,809 acre-feet W9re stored.in, Pueblo Reservoir. <br />The first major release of winter water started April 15, peaked April 30. <br />and ended May 25. A serond large volune run began July 10, peaked <br />A\lgUfilt 10, and e!10eCl August 20. A third, much smaller run began Sept~r 5 <br />and ended $eptember 16. In additiOn 1:0 the storage in Pueblo Reservoir, . <br />56,985 aCre-feet W9re stored in downstream reservo-irs as a result, of the <br />program. <br /> <br />Pueblo Reservoir content on September 30, 1979, was 46,274 acre-feet. <br />Table 3 and Exhibi. t 4 show the operation of Pueblo Reservoir during <br />water year 1979. <br /> <br />E. !!Win lakes <br /> <br />The project has oot taken over operation of !!Win Lakes. There has, <br />however, been ~ regulation of project water in !!Win lakes by exchange. <br />Project ownership in !!Win Lakes on October 1, 1978, was 1,639 acre-feet; <br />on September 30, 1979, it was 1,018 acre-feet. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />b:~ ;;i:j <br />