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• In hydrologic terms, the portion of water stored in a reservoir that can be released for all useful purposes such as municipal water supply, power, irrigation, recreation, fish, wildlife, etc. Conservation storage is the volume of water stored between the inactive pool elevation and flood control stage.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Active Conservation Storage. (n.d.). National Weather Service Glossary. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-conservation-storage.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Active Conservation Storage. www.weather.gov. National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-conservation-storage (accessed: March 25, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Active Conservation Storage." National Weather Service Glossary. NOAA National Weather Service. 25 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-conservation-storage.

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