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OOJG46 January 5, 1998 Ms. Maryanne Bach Regional Director - Great Plains Region United States Bureau of Reclamation Post Office Box 36900 Billings, Montana 59107-6900 Dear Ms. Bach: RE: BLUE RIVER PROJECT OPERATIONS REPORT Enclosed is the Colorado Springs Utilities Water Resources Department Blue River Project Operations Report which has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Stipulation of October 5, 1955, in Consolidated Cases Civil Action Numbers 2782, 5016, and 5017, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Referring to Paragraph 4.(e) of the Stipulation, water diverted from the Colorado River System during the period October 1, 1954 to September 3D, 1955, under the City of Colorado Springs' 1948 Decree, totaled 5,638 acre-feet. Water diverted from the Colorado River System under the City's 1948 Decree during the period October 1, 1997 to September 30, 1998, taken from Department records and United States Geological Service provisional records as available, in accordance with the letter from your office of December 19, 1970 was as follows: BLUE RIVER PROJECT OPERATIONS PRIORITY DIVERSIONS FOR WATER YEAR 1998 ACRE-FEET MONTH HOOSIER TUNNEL UPPER BLUE RESERVOIR STORAGE CHANGE TOT AUNET October November December January February March April May June July August September TOTAL 1313 -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 685 1,503 3,614 781 1.901 9,797 (1,416) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 212 946 961 -0- (1.715) (1,012) (103) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 897 2,449 4,575 781 186 8,785 30 S. Nevada Ave., Suite 703 P.O. Box 1103, Mail Code 730 Colorado Springs, CO 80947-0730 Phone 719-448-8700 Fax 719-448-8734 http://www.csu.org