Colorado Springs has filed an application in Division 2 Water Court to capture flood flows in current and future reservoirs in the Fountain Creek drainage and exchange water from releases at Pueblo Dam. The filing is an attempt to make better use of current reservoirs in Colorado Springs, as well as making more use of reservoirs proposed as part of the Southern Delivery System, said Brett Gracely, water resources manager. “The motivation and constraint is that we sometimes see a lot of snow in the Rampart Range, and there is the opportunity to store it and release it in priority,” Gracely said. Opportunities would come during heavy snowfall melt off, such as the city experienced in 2007, or during heavy storms on some tributaries, Gracely added. Use of the plan would be infrequent.

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