Before the FERC Application for New License for the Annex Creek ...

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Appropriation and adjudication of water rights for use of surface
and ground waters is under the jurisdiction of the DNR (Alaska Statutes
46.15.101-270). Total consumptive ground and surface water allocations on
Salmon Creek presently total 189.4 cfs (Table E-2.1). AELP has been granted
an amendment to its Water Right Certificate No. 611 which enables use of a
total of 120 cfs at the Lower Powerhouse. Copies of the water right certificates
and applications are included in Appendix E-2.
2.2.2 Existing Water Quality
Salmon Creek Watershed. Hater quality classification of Salmon Creek and
Reservoi r is II su i tab 1 e for all potenti a 1 uses; II cri ter i a correspondi ng to
these classifications are listed in Appendix E-3. A detailed ana1ysis of
water quality data in the Salmon Creek watershed ;s available in AELP's application
for license amendment for Salmon Creek (AELP, 1982); that analysis provides
the basis for most of the following information, some of which is quoted
directly.
Salmon Creek Reservoir. Hater quality of the reservoir and two inflowing
streams at sites shown in Exhibit E-3 was IIOnitored for seasonal changes by
the USGS (1974). Temperature profiles were obtained at each reservoir site,
and chemical, bacteriological and dissolved oxygen analyses at all water
sampling locations were conducted. Analytical results of that monitoring are
provided in Table E.2-2. Hater quality of the reservoir was described by AELP