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The first priority represents CDOW's original storage right for recreational and fishery purposes; the second right is the Yampa Participants' right for industrial storage. Based on the new capacity survey and the 1990 agreements, the allocated storage is now 8,754 acre-feet for industrial uses by the Yampa Participants, 1,668 acre-feet for municipal uses by the city and an estimated 3,277 acre-feet for conservation purposes in the dead storage capacity. The industrial water is available to satisfy shortages which may occur at the Craig Station Units 1 and 2 after exercise of the senior direct flow rights diverted through the Craig Station Ditch and Pipeline (WDID 440522). Refer to the documentation describing the Craig Station operations for additional information. The city's storage water is available to satisfy shortages that may occur after utilization of the city's direct flow water rights on the Yampa River, specifically the Craig Water Supply Pipeline (WDID 440581). 2.16. Lester Creek Reservoir (Pearl Lake) Lester Creek Reservoir (WDID 583521) is located on Lester Creek, a tributary of the Elk River downstream of Steamboat Lake. The reservoir is owned and operated by CDOW and used exclusively for recreational and fishery purposes. According to elevation-capacity-area data provided by the Division 6 engineer, the total capacity of the reservoir is estimated to be approximately 5,657 acre-feet, which corresponds to the amount described in the water storage right. The storage right was decreed on March 30, 1964 and was granted an appropriation date of May 5, 1959 (Administration No. 39936.00000). All of the capacity is considered active, there being no dead storage below the outlet works. The division engineer has also provided a regression equation relating the reservoir water surface area to the storage capacity: Surface Area = 1.12*(Capacity)^0.58 Yampa River Basin Information 2-20