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<br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />GVWM Flow Protection Plan <br /> <br />December 19, 1994 <br />4:02pm <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />, J,(1 <br />,hz..,v t\u ,s h..J vi' <br />The 730 cfs irrigation right is the calling right t_ I natural flow at the Cameo gage '-' 1,830 <br />ttJ -.1,100 cfs (1,830 - 730). Releases are increased from the GMR HUP to keep the gaged flow <br />at Cameo at 1,950 cfs. It is very rare L times in the last _ years) that the natural flow at <br />the Cameo gage has fallen below 1,100 cfs during the irrigation season. River administration <br />is somewhat simplified while the flow at the Cameo gage is in tt.i.J fIs\': range since the calling <br />right and the priority of the call remains the same. ~30 - i / (0 c+,. , <br /> <br /> <br />~' . <br />During this natural flow range the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District is theoretically running all ( <br />310 cfs of power water through the check and the only water in the 15-Mile reach is the ' ~oY' <br />approximately 272 cfs used for pumping irrigation water to the Orchard Mesa. "'% <br /> <br /> <br />Administration of the OMID 46ct cfs irril!:ation ril!:hts - The next right in priority in the <br />Cameo group is the 460 cfs right. In recent history, the natural flow has not fallen low enough <br />to cause the 460 cfs right):. to call the river. Since it is irrigation use, it~ a beneficiary of <br />GMR. But before any additional releases are made for the Cameo demand, any water rights <br />junior to the 460 cfs right and senior to the power right are called out. Non-GMR HUP <br />beneficiaries would be required to stop diversions while replacement releases would be made for <br />GMR beneficiaries. <br /> <br />The 460 cfs irrigation right is the calling right ~tural flow at the Cameo gagJ~t~ <br />'O>to 640 cfs (1,100 - 460). Releases are increased from the GMR HUP to keep the gaged Cameo <br />flow at 1,950 cfs. During this natural flow range the Orchard Mesa Irrigation District is <br />theoretically running all 310 cfs of power water through the check and the only water in the 15- <br />Mile reach is the approximately 272 cfs used for pumping irrigation water up to the Orchard <br />Mesa. <br /> <br />After the OMID 460 cfs water right - A similar process would be followed for natural <br />flows below 640 cfs at Cameo. The calling rights would be those of Palisade Irrigation District <br />and Mesa County Irrigation District totalling about 120 cfs. Green Mountain Reservoir would <br />be used to supplement flows. These rights would be the calling rights I,mtil the natural flow fell <br />to 520. The fmal right in the Cameo group is the senior GVIC 520 cfs right. <br /> <br />Tlinil'igdf water conservatiOn o.pportunitieL~:':'" -J ~ ~ u W U IJ ~s 1'e 'M. J <br /> <br />6 As previously mentioned, the 460 cfs right is a combination of the OMID's 450 cfs <br />irrigation right and a senior 10 cfs right for the Vinelands area. Combination has been made <br />for ease and simplification of the explanation and does not change the results. <br /> <br />14 <br />