WSP08419

• File Number: 8200.760
• Description: Yampa River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 3/1/1993
• Author: Hydrosphere
• Title: Yampa River Basin - Alternatives Feasibility Study - Final Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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LIST OF TABLES

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S-I Summary of Current and Projected Water Use and Demand........,..................., S-8
S-2 Reservoir Sites Chosen for Field Reconnaissance ..,..............,.....,............,....S-1O
S-3 Sites Recommended for Further Consideration ,............,....,....................,....S-13
S-4 Model Evaluation Scenarios ....,......,......,....,.............,....,..........,........,....S-18
S-5 Summary of Modeled Demand Shortages ,......,..,......,..,..,................,......,..,S-22
S-6 Comparison of Delivery Shortages Between Initial and Final Model Runs
Assuming Phased Enlargement of Reservoirs..,....,..,................,..........,......, S-26
S-7 Modeled Demand Shortages - Near Term (Elkhead Enlargement) ....................,S-29
S-8 Modeled Demand Shortages - Long Term (Elkhead Enlargement)............,..,....,S-30
S-9 Average Modeled Juniper Canyon Flows ............,..........,....,...........,....,....,S-31

2-1 Larger Existing Reservoirs of the Yampa River Basin .........................,.......... 2-7
2-2 Average Contemplated Draft of the Juniper Project
and Historical Maybell Flow .,.....",.""'.""."""",.,.",."""""",,.,,.""""" 2-11
2-3 Agreements and Conveyances Subordinating the Juniper Project Water Rights ....,2-15

3-1 Recent Mining Activity, Routt and Moffat Counties...................,................... 3-3
3-2 Water Use for Irrigation in the Yampa River Basin above the Confluence
With the Little Snake River ...........................,.............................,....,...... 3-5
3-3 Agricultural Water Use by County in 1985.......................,......,................... 3-6
3-4 Electricity Generation and Water Use at Craig and Hayden Stations ............,...... 3-7
3-5 Mining Water Uses in Routt and Moffat County, 1985..........................,........ 3-7
3-6 1985 Estimates of Municipal Water Use in Moffat and Routt Counties, WUIP...... 3-9
3-7 Non-Thermoelectric M&I Depletions ..........,......,..,..............,..,................,3-10
3-8 Recreational Use of Stagecoach Reservoir, Summer 1990......................,..,....,3-10
3-9 Division 6 Estimates of Reservoir Evaporation and Exports ......................,..... 3-11
3-10 Summary of Current Water Use and Demand .......,....,..............,..,............,.. 3-12
3-11 Historical Population and Projections for Routt and Moffat Counties ..........,...... 3-17
3-12 Rates of Population Growth, Moffat and Routt County,..................,.............. 3-17
3-13 Population Projections, Moffat and Routt County ..........................,..,.........., 3-18
3-14 Near-term Water Projection"",.....".............."........""""""",................, 3-18
3-15 Long-term Water Projection .......................,..,......,....,......'..........,......,.., 3-19
3-16 Near and Long-Term Demands Assuming Lower Growth Rates ....................... 3-20

4-1 Reservoir Sites Subjected to Further Screening............................................. 4-2
4-2 Reservoir Sites Recommended for Further Study......,........................,.........., 4-6
4-3 Sites Reviewed for a Long-term Storage Project ........,.................................. 4-7
4-4 Reservoir Sites Chosen for Field Reconnaissance ..,..,..........,....................,.... 4-8
4-5 Multi-disciplinary Reservoir Evaluation Matrix ....,....,..,..............,..,........,..,4-28
4-6 Sites Recommended for Further Consideration ..........,..,..............................4-29

5-1 Additional Future Basin Depletions ...........,..,......,..,....,........,........,.........., 5-4
5-2 Modeled Inflows in the Yampa River Basin ,............,....,...................,..,.....5-11
5-3 Gages Used in Derivation of Model Inflows ................,......,..,..............,..,..5-12
5-4 Projected and Modeled Demands ,........,................,..................,............,..5-17
5-5 Demands in the Yampa River Basin ModeL..,......,......,..............,..,............ 5-18

6-1 Modeled Development Scenarios ....,....,..............,....................,................ 6-3
6-2 Summary of Modeled Demand Shortages ........,..,......,................,........,......, 6-4
6-3 Water Demand Shortages - Scenario I ............,............,......,..,....,..............' 6-7

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