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<br />~~ <br /> <br />~'u,2:) <br /> <br />rights (second-feet) <br />Conditional Total <br />1. 00 <br />3.00 <br />0.33 <br />4.33 <br />44.00 50.00 <br />4.20 4.20 <br />48.20 58.53 <br /> <br />year 2020 as was used by <br />Plan Report of 13,800 <br />need a peak diversion <br /> <br />Priority <br />date <br />1874 <br />1875 <br />1878 <br />Subtotal <br />1923 <br />1964 <br />Total 10.33 <br /> <br />Using the same annual demand for the <br />the Bureau of Reclamation in its Definate <br />acre-feet, the Durango service area would <br />capacity of about 30 second-feet. <br />Downstream from Durango there are the following Animas River <br />water rights that have priorities earlier than Durango's 1923 right. <br /> <br />Colorado 52 second-feet <br />New Mexico 603 second-feet <br />Total 633 second-feet <br /> <br />Direct flow <br />Absolute <br />1. 00 <br />3.00 <br />0.33 <br />4.33 <br />6.00 <br /> <br />Without the Animas-La Plata Project, the Southern Ute Indian <br />Tribe could receive and develop significant early priority rights <br />from the Animas River as a result of their pending reservation <br />claims. <br />Without the project, the Durango service area will need reser- <br />voir storage of sufficent capacity to satisfy water demands during <br />periods when the area could not divert because of calls on the <br />stream by owners of rights senior to 1923. <br />Studies indicate that the Durango service. area would need at <br />least 1,500 acre-feet of storage to satisfy existing water rights. <br />This does not allow for any future Indian uses. <br />A series of alternative plans have been studied and compari- <br />sons made with the Animas-La Plata Project. A summary of these <br />plans is contained,.on page 8 of the question and answer section. <br /> <br />-3- <br />