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-14- ,- The generated flows of the Yampa River and Elk River at the Saddle Mountain Pump Station diversion sites do not always equal or exceed the decreed amount of 65 cfs per site. At the Yampa River Pump site the generated flow drops below 65 cfs in 8 months out of the 240 month study period. while at the Elk River Pump site the generated flow drops below 65 cfs in 7 months out of the 156 month study period. The combined flow of the sites drops below 130 cfs for 7 months in 1977. If the pump station were constructed so that water :t'om-ea~ - -caC:Lon -simultane-ously ,and shortages below 65 cfs at either site could be supplemented by flow from the other site, then the supply to both sites would be insufficient in only 7 months, all in 1977. This shortage could be supplemented by release from the Hinman Park Reservoir. j Legal Availability The legal availability of a supply to the righ~s is dependent on the priority and location of the rights and the degree of administration of the system. The Yampa and Elk Rivers are not fully appropriated at this time, and according to the water commissioner there has never been a call placed on these rivers. Thus the most important factors affecting the Public Service Company rights are the number and mag- nitude of senior conditional rights on the Yampa River and the administration of the Colorado River and Upper Colorado River compacts. I u_1 . .. There are a number of conditional water rights on the Yampa River and its tributaries that could affect the water avail- able to the Public Service Company's rights if perfected and exercised. Among these are Juniper Reservoir, Bear Reser- voir and the Four Counties Project. all of which are senior to the Public Service Company's rights. 1483 ~ Leonard Rice Consulling Water Engineers. Inc,