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<br />Dn:.15~ <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />Craig Station <br /> <br />The Craig Station is a coal. fired power plant operated by Colorado-Ute Electric, Inc. It diverts <br />cooling water from the Yampa River mainstem downstream of the City of Craig and upstream of the <br />Williams Fork confluence. The water rights for the diversion pipeline, of which 90.6:1 cfs are absolute, <br />are all junior to the Juniper Project rights but are assumed in the model to be senior by virtue of the <br />65,000 af Juniper subordination. Colorado-Ute also has contracts for storage water for the Craig Station <br />in both Elkhead and Stagecoach reservoirs but has not yet used these supplies. <br /> <br />City of Craig <br /> <br />The City of Craig holds a portfolio of water rights for direct diversion from the Yampa River for <br />use as municipal supply. Three of these rights, totalling 16.62 cfs, are senior in priority to the Maybell <br />Canal. The remaining direct flow rights owned by Craig are junior to Maybell but senior to the Juniper <br />Project. In addition, the City is in the process of acquiring storage rights in Elkhead Reservoir from the <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife. Diversions by the City have not yet grown to the point where the senior <br />direct flow decrees are fully utilized. <br /> <br />Elkhead Reservoir <br /> <br />Elkhead Reservoir is a 1:1,700 af reservoir located on E1khead Creek, a tributary entering the <br />Yampa River mains tern about 5 miles upstream of the City of Craig. Elkhead was built in 1977 by the <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife and Coiorado-Ute; the City of Craig is currently negotiating the purchase of <br />the CDOW interest in Elkhead. The reservoir fills under two storage rights totalling 1:1,699 af, both of <br />which are junior to the Juniper Project rights. . It appears. however, that these Elkhead rights are <br />. beneficiaries of specific subordinations of the Juniper rights. <br /> <br />Colorado-Ute holds a contract for 8,310 af of waler from Elkhead for use at the Craig Station. <br />The City of Craig will own the remaining storage but only 1,868 af of this is accessible without pumping <br />due to the design of the outlet works. . <br /> <br />Town of Hayden <br /> <br />The Town of Hayden diverts from the Yampa River mains tern under two direct flow rights which <br />are junior to Maybell but one of which is senior to the Juniper rights. The decreed amount of the senior <br />right, 2 cfs, .has thus far been adequate to support municipal diversions. Hayden demands are <br />considered senior to thr' Juniper rights by virtue of the 65,000 af subordination. <br /> <br />Hayden Station <br /> <br />The Hayden Station is a coal-fired power plant openited jointly by Colorado-Ute and the Salt <br />River Project. The plant divert's water from the Yampa mainstem above the town of Hayden near the <br />confluence with Grassy Creek. The water rights for theplan\ total 30 cfs and are just senior to the <br />Juniper Project rights. <br /> <br />Colorado-Ute and SRP hold storage contracts in Stagecoach and Steamboat Lake reservoirs for <br />use at the Hayden Station but these supplies have not yet been used regularly. <br /> <br />." <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />1: <br />; "~"-"~ <br />