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Potential Future Gunnison Basin Water Management Options <br />Type of Additional Additional Project Purpose and <br />Project Sponsor Project Storage (AF) Yield (AFY) Notes <br />Uncompahgre Uncompahgre Additional Not 2,000 Store Gunnison <br />Valley Water Valley Water Storage Available Tunnel Diversions in <br />Users in - Users the Uncompahgre <br />system Association Valley to better <br />reregulating manage water <br />reservoirs and deliveries. <br />supply <br />enhancements <br />Project 7 Project 7 Additional 500 to 0 Managing water in <br />Water Supply Water Storage 2,500 (increases Uncompahgre <br />Enhancements Authority and reliability) system for firming <br />- South Canal Uncompahgre up water supply and <br />Valley Water increasing reliability <br />Users if Gunnison tunnel <br />Association cannot divert; three <br />storage sites along <br />South Canal. <br />Project 7 Project 7 Water Additional Not 0 Managing water in <br />Water Supply Authority and Storage Available (increases Uncompahgre <br />Enhancements Uncompahgre reliability) system for firming <br />- Fairview Valley Water up water supply; <br />Reservoir Users Enlargement or <br />Association dredging of Fairview <br />reservoir. <br />83 <br />Potential Future Gunnison Basin Water Management Options <br />Additional Additional <br />Project Sponsor Type of Project Storage (AF) Yield (AFY) Project Purpose and Notes <br />Project 7 Project 7 Water Additional About 300 0 (increases Managing water in <br />Water Supply Authority and Storage reliability) Uncompahgre system for <br />Enhancements Uncompahgre firming up water supply <br />- Cerro Valley Water and increasing reliability <br />Reservoir Users Association if Gunnison tunnel <br />cannot divert; <br />Enlargement of Cerro <br />Reservoir. <br />Ramshorn Tri - County Water Additional Not Not Part of the original Dallas <br />Reservoir - Conservancy Storage Available Available Creek Project. Storage <br />Dallas Creek District could be used for long - <br />Project term M&I needs. <br />Dallas Divide Tri - County Water Additional Not Not Part of the original Dallas <br />Reservoir - Conservancy Storage Available Available Creek Project. Storage <br />Dallas Creek District could be used for long - <br />Project term M&I needs. <br />Redlands None Re - Not Not Re - operations can <br />Power Call operation Applicable Available increase available supply <br />for upstream junior water <br />rights. <br />Paonia – Lone Town of Paonia Additional Not Not Provide firm supply for <br />Cabin Storage Available Available Town of Paonia's future <br />Reservoir needs. May be enlarged <br />Enlargement in two phases. <br />84 <br />42 <br />