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<br />ATTACHMENT B (CONTINUED) <br /> <br />PAGE 2 <br /> <br />Although the effect would be less dramatic than at Mancos, the <br />existing water rights providing water for at least 100,000 acres of land <br />and 30,000 of the people located in the Colorado portion of the San Juan <br />Basin would be directly affected by a No.1 Indian Priority right. <br />Through a call on the Colorado River at Lee Ferry, all Colorado River <br />water rights in Colorado, including those for diversions through the <br />Continental Divide to the Eastern slope of Colorado, would be indirectly <br />affected. The cumulative economic effect could be tremendous. <br /> <br />The Dolores Project and the accompanying Animas-La Plata Project <br />"Iould develop the following amounts of water for use by the Ute Tribes. <br /> <br />Full <br />Irrigation <br />Supply <br /> <br />Municipal & <br />Industrial <br />Water <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />Acres Acre-feet (Acre-feet) (Acre-feet) <br /> <br />Dolores Project <br /> <br />Ute Mountain Tribe <br /> <br />7,500 <br /> <br />22,900 <br /> <br />1,000 <br /> <br />23,900 <br /> <br />Animas-La Plata Project* <br /> <br />Southern Ute Tribe <br /> <br />3.850 <br /> <br />11,500 <br /> <br />55,000 <br /> <br />22,000 <br />66,500 <br /> <br />Ute Mountain Ute Tribe <br /> <br />9,800 <br /> <br />22,000 <br /> <br />Total Indian Development <br />Both Tribes <br /> <br />21,150 <br /> <br />56,400 <br /> <br />56,000 <br /> <br />112,400 <br /> <br />* Based on tentative plan which is currently in the process of being <br />refined as a part of tha Definite Plan studies. <br /> <br />The Tribes have each indicated they are much more interested in <br />receiving "wet" water from the projects than they would be in receiving <br />a "handful of paper water rights" with no facilities to put the rights <br />to use. They have further indicated they would be willing to enter into <br />agreements whereby they would forego use of their potential water rights <br />in lieu of receiving water from the Dolores and Animas-La Plata Projects. <br /> <br />14 <br />