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• Board Meeting Date: 7/11/2007
• Description: IWMD Section - Water Supply Reserve Account July 2007 Grant Allocations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form

Form Revised October 2006

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Water Availability and Sustainability - this information is needed to assess the viability and effectiveness of
the water project or activity. Please provide a description of each water supply source to be utilized for, or the
water body to be affected by, the water activity. For water supply sources being utilized, describe its location,
yield, extent of development, and water right status. For water bodies being affected, describe its location,
extent of development, and the expected effect of the water activity on the water body, in either case, the
analysis should take into consideration a reasonable range of hydrologic variation. Attach additional sheets as
needed.

The Mancos Water Conservancy District has filed on a 2nd filling for Jackson Gulch Reservoir in
an amount of2,OOO a-fto be diverted from the Mancos River, of which the Division 7 Water
Court has made absolute 1,385 a-fwith the remaining 615 a-fbeing conditional in a decree dated
December 31, 1991. The fu112,OOO a-fwas stored in the fall of2006.

Water for the Lake Mancos Dam in the borrow area will be diverted from the Mancos River and
transported to the new reservoir through the existing inlet canal and the Crystal Creek Ditch.
Outlet of this new dam will drain directly into Jackson Gulch reservoir. The second filling right
will be expanded to include storage in the new reservoir.

The Mancos River watershed is believed to be capable of yielding the additiona12,OOO a-f of
water to be stored in most years. The cost effectiveness ofthe Expansion Project will be
detennined once the feasibility studies are completed.

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8. If you have not specifically and fully addressed the Evaluation Criteria found in Part 3 of the criteria and
guidance document please provide additional detail here. Attach additional sheet(s) if needed.

See Attached Checklist of Evaluation Criteria

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