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<br />The Public Service Company conditional water rights are for <br />storage of 44,039 acre-feet less 5,000 acre-feet of dead <br />storage for a net amount of 39,039 acre-feet and a direct <br />flow diversion of 65 cubic feet per second from the Yampa <br />and Elk Rivers. The decrees are for industrial, domestic, <br /> <br />"- <br /> <br />*""'- ~- - <br /> <br />~------ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.~. <br /> <br />-f--7 <br /> <br />-34- <br /> <br />,,' <br /> <br />irrigation and other purposes that encompass year-round use. <br />-- - - - -. -- - --'---'Phe-two-decrees-form a -s-y'lftem -rn-w1tlch storage in Hinman <br />~ - - - - - - - - -- -- <br />- Park--Reservoit-can aUgnlent the Saddle Mountain Pump Station's <br />-- -ae1rre~t:o provi'aea Him-supply of' water. <br /> <br />There are many complex factors that influence the value of <br />water rights that cannot be precisely defined. For the <br />Public Service Company's conditional rights in the Yampa <br />Basin these include: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />6. <br /> <br />7. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />The demand for dependable water supplies for energy <br />development, power generation, industry and env- <br />ironmental enhancement. <br />The availability of potential buyers with the re- <br />sources needed to perfect the rights and put the <br />water to beneficial use. <br /> <br />2. <br /> <br />3. <br />4. <br /> <br />The cost of alternative supplies. <br />The timing and level of development of senior con- <br />ditional rights. <br />The influence of current and future government pol- -, <br /> <br />icies and regulations. <br />The need for water to supply ~rowing municipal <br />.. ' <br />demands on the east slope. <br />The combination of reservoir storage and direct flow <br />in a location providing good physical and legal <br />availability and the ability to deliver water to the <br />Yampa River downstream of Steamboat Springs. <br /> <br />\~~'}. <br /> <br />Ci;> Leonard Rice Consuning Waler Engineers, Inc_ <br />