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<br />00 <br />CD <br />OJ <br />'.-;) <br />o <br />,--, <br />'- <br /> <br />COLOM ') <br /> <br />Acequiacita <br />Chalifu <br />Trujillo <br />Garcia <br /> <br />Additional lands are irrigated by the system owned and oper- <br /> <br />ated by the San Luis Power and Water Co, This company, in addition to <br /> <br />owning certain direct flow rights which are decreed to the above direct <br /> <br />flaw ditches, owns the Costilla Reservoir situated in New Mexico at the <br /> <br />headwaters of the Costilla and having a capacity of about 15,000 A, F, <br /> <br />The Eastdale Reservoirs No.1 and 2 which are off-ohannel reservoirs, <br /> <br />are located in Colorado, Eastdale Reservoirs No, 1 and 2 receive water <br /> <br />both from the Costilla Creek and the Culebra River, the Culebra waters <br /> <br />being delivered through the Culebra Eastdale Canal. The decreed capa- <br /> <br /> <br />city of the Eastdale Reservoirs No, 1 and 2 are 3,468 A, F. and 3,041 <br /> <br />A, F, respectively. The Eastdale Reservoir No.2 is largely inoperative <br /> <br />due to its inabi'ity to hold water. The present usable capacity of <br /> <br />Eastdale No, 2 is about 2,000 A. F. due to the condition of the rip rap <br /> <br />of the dam, A more detailed description of the system and the history <br /> <br />of the development of irrigation along the river appears in the attached <br /> <br />appendix entitled "History of Irrigation from the Costilla River" whioh <br /> <br />was prepared by Mr. Malcolm Lindsey, <br /> <br />The Costilla Reservoir has been operated under a p~rmit <br /> <br />from the State Engineer's office of New Mexico which has been issued <br /> <br />on an annual basis. In order to make the most efficient Use of the <br /> <br />water of the stream, the water company has used the Costilla Reservoir <br /> <br />to store all the water available for stora~e which could be stored in <br /> <br />that reservoir after the direct uses were satisfied, The water <br /> <br />so stored has been used upon all of the lands in the Costilla area <br /> <br />- 6 - <br />