WSP09512

• File Number: 8200.765
• Description: White River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Yampa/White
• Water Division: 6
• Date: 11/1/1979
• Author: Clifford H Jex
• Title: Plan for the Water Supply for Development of Oil Shale Industry in White River Basin - Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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at its tenninal end to equate the variable yield to a constant industrial use
rate. The right of way of the pipeline would be largely located on private
land. Objections to diverting flow from the South Fork could be expected
from private fishing interests below tie point of diversion and environmental
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groups.

2. Yellow Jacket Project
The project is located on the North Fork of the White River and the Yellow
Jacket Water Conservancy District is the claimant of the water rights of the
proposed project which has an appropriation date of II December 1957. The
project has been studied by the Bureau of Reclamation from time to time and
the last available data is contained in a report dated November 1976. The
modified MOP Comprise Plan described in the report indicates the following
water uses within the White River Basin.

Water Supply

Use

Amount
(acre feet)

17,900
30,000
60,000
5,000

112,900

Irrigation
Coal Industry
Oil Shale Industry
Municipal and domestic

TOTAL

Irrigation Service Area

Type

Area
(acres)

6,500
1,500

8,000

Full service
Supplemental service

TOTAL

The water for oil shale development would be made available on the White
River. The supply would come from natural stream flows to the extent they
exceed that necessary to ensure minimum stream flows at the Colorado-Utah
border. Storage releases would be made from the Sawmill Mountain Reservoir
to Big Beaver Creek to provide the oil shale supply when natural flows are

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