WSP11214

• File Number: 8200.776
• Description: Uncompahgre River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Author: West Slope Hydro Par
• Title: Before the United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Application for License for Major Project - Uncompahgre Valley Hydroelectric Project Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association delivers
stoCK water through much of the delivery system in the
winter season. The Association bylaws require delivery of
the winter flows upon demand. According to estimates by the
Association, a maximum of about 20 percent of capacity flow
is delivered in the winter through about 70 percent of the
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system.

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The Dallas Creek Project, now under construction, will pro-

vide 11,200 acre-feet of supplemental irrigation water. The
Uncompahgre Project area will receive 10,300 acre-feet while
the lands south of the project area will receive 900 acre-
feet. Water will be distributed through existing facilities
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of the water users.

The principal water supply for the City of Montrose is the
Cimarron River, a tributary of the Gunnison River southeast

of the Uncompahgre Valley. Water diverted from the river is

conveyed by private canal to the ~ity's Cerro Summit Reser-

voir. The canal is operated during the summer months and

conveys water for the reservoir only when the full capacity

of the canal is not needed for irrigation. These two condi-

tions limit the annual supply from the Cimarron River to

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