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<br />001156 <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />been transferred from other proposed reservoir sites. Stagec;oach appears to be the beneficiary of <br />specific subordinations of the Juniper rights via the transfer of the B-ear Reservoir and Four Counties <br />Reservoir decrees. Thus the Stagecoach rights can be considered effectively senior to the Juniper rights <br />but junior to the Maybell Canal. <br /> <br />The UYWCD has entered into a number of delivery contracts for Stagecoach water. Colorado. <br />Ute holds the largest of these for 9,000 af; the contract allows for the District to reduce the delivery <br />amount by up to 4,000 af for reallocation to other uses if the need arises. There is a 4,000 af contract <br />pool for irrigation and domestic uses above Stagecoach which has been exchanged for 4,000 af of <br />Colorado.Ute water in Yamcolo Reservoir. This exchange brings the firm Colorado-Ute allocation in <br />Stagecoach back up to 9,000 af. <br /> <br />In addition to the 4,000 af "reduetion pool" derived from the Colorado-Ute storage, there is a <br />3,635 af M&I pool in Stageeoach which has been allocated to a variety of users such as Steamboat <br />Springs and the Mt. Werner Water & Sanitation District. <br /> <br />The remaining 16,640 af of storage in Stagecoach is dedicated to a recreation pool. <br /> <br />Rights Above Stagecoach Reservoir <br /> <br />There are a number of water users above Stagecoach Heservoir, most of which divert relatively <br />small amounts for irrigation and domestic use; many of the rights supporting these diversions are senior <br />to the Juniper rights. Yamcolo Reservoir is by far the largest storage facility above Stagecoach with a <br />capacity of about 8,000 af. Under the terms of the exchange with Stagecoach, all the capacity of <br />Yamcolo has been re-directed to uses above Stagecoach. The Yamcolo storage rights are junior to the <br />Juniper rights and do not appear to benefit from specific subordination of the Juniper rights. In the <br />model, Yamcolo depletions are treated as being senior to the Juniper rights by virtue of the 65.000 af <br />consumptive use subordination. <br /> <br />Use of Juniper Rights for In stream Flow <br /> <br />One of the principal purposes of the current study is to assess the implications of transferring <br />some portion of the Juniper Project water rights to instream flow use to assist in the recovery of the <br />endangered fishes. A key aspect of such a transfer is the mechanism by which legitimate future water <br />development needs in the basin are protected from call by the relatively senior instream flow right that <br />would result. This section ofthe memorandum discusses these issues. <br /> <br />Transfer Mechanisms <br /> <br />Two mechanisms can be formulated which define the range of possible ways in which the <br />benefit of the senior status of the Juniper rights could be transferred to in stream flow use and the future <br />water needs of the basin protected from call by the resulting instream flow right. At one end of this <br />range is the transfer of portions of the Juniper rights to existing and future uses with the remainder of <br />the Juniper right going to instream flow with a priority date one day later. At the other end of the range <br />is the transfer of the Juniper right to instream flow with a subordination of that right to permit projected <br />water use and developmeni under a limited set of junior rights. Within this range are other alternatives <br />that would rely on "parcelling out" a portion of the Juniper rights and subordinating a portion of the <br />rights, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. ,~.,.\ <br />