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<br />--.... <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />-J <br /> <br />, . <br />,) <br /> <br />JJ:n51 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir Target Elevations <br />Fill to 7519.4 ft. by the end of July; <br />Drawdown to 581,000 AF of live storage by December 31 each year; <br />Do not draw below minimum power pool elevation (7393 ft.) if at all possible, <br />If possible, minimize distance from shoreline to water (lowest boat ramp stops at <br />elevation 7450 ft. on Blue Mesa). <br />Blue Mesa Storage Accounts <br />Blue Mesa Storage Decrees; <br />Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association Storage (the suggested size of <br />UVWUA pool in Blue Mesa is 106,200 AF; the maximum rate of transfer of 1st <br />fill water into Blue Mesa and the timing of transfers into Blue Mesa are issues to <br />be addressed in consideration of the terms and conditions decreed in case no, 4- <br />89CW203); <br />Is there a need for additional storage accounts to handle releases made for <br />purposes in item number 3 below? <br />Aspinall Unit Releases can be made specifically for the following purposes: <br />Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association Direct Flow diversions to the <br />Gunnison Tunnel and utilization of credits in Blue Mesa; <br />· Project 7 exchange account with Ridgway; <br />· AB Lateral Hydropower Project; <br />· the 1975 exchange agreement <br />Downstream seniors; <br />Reservoir evaporation and other water right administration releases; <br />· Non-storable inflows (Releases from Taylor Park directly to Gunnison <br />Tunnel); <br />· Curecanti National Recreation Area Exchange; <br />Western Area Power Administration operations and releases strictly for Power <br />generation (Direct Flow Power Decree Utilization); <br />A storage target which mayor may not generate power <br />· Potential out-of-priority storage for flood control, and other emergencies <br />(Blue Mesa Water Control Manual and Flood Control Diagram, generally <br />only considered to be a factor during extreme hydrologic conditions); <br />300 cfs bypass at Crystal to River below Tunnel (protected by TNC donation); <br />Endangered fish contract and Section 7 consultations; <br />· Aspinall Section 7 -? <br />· Dallas Creek Section 7 - 17,000 AF; <br />· Dolores Project Section 7 - either 131,000 AF or 81,000 AF; <br />· Other? <br />300,000 AF for development in Colorado (see Curecanti Economic Justification <br />Report), how much is considered developed and how much remains; <br />NPS contract\Federal Reserved Water Right for Black Canyon of the Gunnison <br />National Monument (It was noted the draft contract is an operational type contract <br />that addresses timing issues at present); <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br /> <br />2 <br />