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<br />UU..L I ~CJ <br /> <br />Long Hollow Dam and Reservoir Summary Report-Preliminary Draft <br /> <br />circumvents the dry stretch of the La Plata River. The project would improve not only Compact <br />operations but also Colorado water rights administration, while providing additional water to <br />existing irrigated lands in Colorado. <br /> <br />The following sections of this Summary Report present findings for each item listed above in the <br />scope of work. For many of these items, WWE, and other LPWCD contractors have previously <br />prepared reports, which may be referred to for more detailed descriptions of work and findings. <br />A summary of the feasibility ofLHR is presented in Section 9.0. <br /> <br />1.5 Water Rights (Needs more discussion. amounts. case numbers. decreed <br />uses, Iimitina terms and conditions if anv.) <br /> <br />LPWCD has decrees for two conditional LHR storage water rights. The original decree in Case <br />No. 94CW74 is for 1,200 acre-feet (AF). The enlargement decree (Case number ??) is for 3,800 <br />AF, for a total decreed capacity of 5,400 AF <br /> <br />2.0 REVIEW OF EXISTING DATA <br /> <br />WWE reviewed pertinent published information from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS a.k.a <br />SCS) and others to obtain an understanding of the geology at the site and the potential <br />requirements for the design and construction of a dam and reservoir at the site including: <br /> <br />· Department of the Interior. September 1979. Definite Plan Report, Appendix B, Water <br />Supply <br /> <br />· Department of the Interior. September 1979. Definite Plan Report, Appendix C. Project <br />Lands Drainage. <br /> <br />· Department of the Interior. April 1996. Final Supplement to the Final Environmental <br />Impact Statement, Appendix B, Water Quality <br /> <br />991-077.115 <br />May 2004 <br /> <br />Wright Water Engineers, Inc. <br /> <br />Page 4 <br />