WSP10599

• File Number: 8127.600
• Description: Lower Arkansas River Commission - LARC
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 11/1/1991
• Author: LARC
• Title: Analysis of Selected Water Rights - Lower Arkansas River
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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SUMMARY OF WATER RIGHTS ANALYSIS

Catlin Shares Owned by DOW:
(See Table 1 and Figure 1)
1. DOW owns 2,097.8 shares out of 18,645 total shares.

2. The Catlin shares owned by DOW will have an average yield o~o_~per year of
consumptive use (1940. 1985).

3. Value of shares would be primarily for agricultural use since Catlin Canal Company's by-
laws prohibit transfer from Otero and Crowley Counties.

4. Catlin shares may be of more value if traded for other water rights such as Mt. Pisgah
Reservoir, Larkspur Ditch, or Ft. Lyon Canal shares.

Mt. Pisgah Reservoir:
(See Table 1 and Figure 2)
1. Capacity approximately 3,000 AF.

2. Long-term average release (change in storage) is 989 AF per year (1928-1990).

3. The yield if delivered to John Martin Reservoir would be reduced by at least 25 percent due
to transit losses. >.:t 85bAF"

4. The reservoir's spillway is under order to be ~nlarged to pass 50 percent of the PMP.
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5. The owners of Mt. Pisgah Reservoir (Catlin Canal 6n and Canon Hei hts Ditch Company
(1fT) are having a consulting engineer perform a incremental damage analysis to determine
if the present spillway may be adequate.

6. The value of the reservoir and surroundingQi'o DOW and DPOR must be determined.
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7. The Town of Cripple Creek is extremely interested in purchasing Mt. Pisgah Reservoir and
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Larkspur Ditch:
(See Table 1 and Figure 3)
1. Transmountain diversion needing repair.

2. Long-term average diversion into Arkansas basin is 197 AF per year (1935-89).

3. Long-term average yield at Catlin Canal is 160 AF per year.

4. May be of more value to DOW as a supply for fish hatcheries such .as the new one at Pueblo
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