Laserfiche WebLink
<br />USE OF SPRING WATER BY THE POOL <br /> <br />~ <br />...,J <br />CO Water Rights and Diversion of Water <br />OJ' <br /> <br />The Pool developed the springs in the Glenwood Springs area starting in 1888. Since then, <br />the Pool has adjudicated a number of rights to springs in the general area including rights <br />to the Yampa Spring. Table 1 lists and summarizes the water rights that the Pool holds. <br /> <br />TABLE 1 <br />SUMMARY OF SPRING WATER RIGHTS <br /> <br />Case No. <br /> <br />Snrin!! or Source <br /> <br />Amount <br /> <br />1{16 <br /> <br />1548 and W2377-78 <br /> <br />81CW415 <br /> <br />Mronmo~h Yampa Hot Spring <br />Hot Springs No. 1 and No.2 <br />Small Yampa Spring <br /> <br />5 cfs Absolute <br />3.59 cfs Conditional <br />0.30 cfs Absolute <br /> <br />Total flow of spring water rights owned by the Pool is 8.89 cfs of which 5.3 cfs are absolute. <br />The Pool also owns a 3.00 cfs water right in the Hot Springs Pipeline. An important spring <br />for the Pool is the Yampa Spring. It currently supplies hot, mineralized water tQ the Pool's <br />therapy and main pools. The flow from this spring was adjudicated in 1891 for 5.0 cfs for <br />bathing, healing, medicinal, heat and other beneficial uses. Water from the spring is used as <br />shown in the schematic, diagram, (Figure 8), illustrating general flow paths of water as used <br />by the Pool. <br /> <br />To manage the flow from the Yampa Spring, the Pool constructed a five-foot deep, sixty-foot <br />diameter cistern at the spring source. The cistern has been fitted with a number of diversion <br />points by which water can be taken and used by the Pool. Water can be used in the main and <br />therapy pools either directly or after treatment. The therapy pool can take water directly <br />from the spring or after the water has been cooled through a heat exchange. The main pool <br />receives treated water. <br /> <br />Depending on the time of the year, the Pool can take all the spring flow into its pools or it <br />can take only a portion and return the difference directly to the Colorado River. During the <br /> <br />- 13- <br /> <br />I Bishop-Brogden Associotes, Inc, <br />