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Potential Future Gunnison Basin Water Management Options <br />Type of Additional Additional <br />Project Sponsor Project Storage (AF) Yield (AFY) Project Purpose and Notes <br />Electric North Fork Water Additional Not 1,000 This is an alternate to <br />Mountain Conservancy Storag Available dredging Paonia <br />Reservoir District e Reservoir. <br />Leroux Change Sponsor Additional Increase 450 Overland Dam and <br />Creek - (per BRT3) Storage Overland Canal owners have <br />Overland Storage by 900 AF of conditional <br />Reservoir 8% decreed storage for <br />Overland Reservoir; <br />New storage down the <br />canal or in Leroux <br />Creek for agricultural <br />users. <br />Cunningha Upper Gunnison Additional 2900 AF Not Availa Construction of <br />m Gulch River Water Storage ble storage for <br />Reservoir - Conservancy agricultural and M&I <br />Ohio Creek District use. <br />Taylor River Upper Gunnison Infrastruct Not 100 cfs Direct flow diversion <br />Canal River Water ure Applicable direct for M&I and <br />Conservancy flow agricultural use. <br />District <br />Long Upper Gunnison Additional 1,500 AF 1,500 AF Construct storage for <br />Branch River Water Storage existing agricultural <br />Reservoir - Conservancy users to reduce <br />Tomichi District shortages. <br />Creek <br />81 <br />Potential Future Gunnison Basin Water Management Options <br />Additional <br />Additional Yield Project Purpose and <br />Project Sponsor Type of Project Storage (AF) (AFY) Notes <br />Reservoirs on Upper Additional up to 500 AF Up to Construct storage <br />Cochetopa Gunnison River Storage via 500 AF for existing <br />Creek Water enlargements agricultural users <br />Conservancy to reduce <br />District shortages <br />Augmentation Primarily Mt. Additional 400 400 Construct storage <br />Storage for Crested Butte Storage for augmentation <br />Mt. Crested and the Upper water to allow <br />Butte Gunnison River snowmaking and <br />Water M&I depletions in <br />Conservancy the Mt. Crested <br />District Butte area; <br />Consumptive use <br />credits will also be <br />required. <br />Uncompahgre Uncompahgre Infrastructure Not 10,000 Line sections of <br />Valley Water Valley Water Applicable main canals and <br />Users canal Users laterals to reduce <br />lining Association seepage losses <br />and others and reduce <br />salinity; 537 miles <br />total canal miles. <br />82 <br />41 <br />