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<br />Colorado River Water Conservation District Statewide Water Supply Initiative Interests Statement <br />Page 5 of 11 <br /> <br />Division 5 - Colorado Basin <br /> <br />10825 Water Supply <br /> <br />Description: By 2012, West Slope and Front Range water interests must identify a project or <br />projects which can provide 10,825 acre feet of water annually to be released to the 15 Mile Reach <br />during the late season. Currently this water is being provided from Williams Fork and Wolford <br />Mountain Reservoirs, under a temporary contract. Continued demonstration of "significant <br />progress" under the PBO is predicated upon continuation of this water supply. Any new project <br />identified within the Basin must have this consideration as a key element. <br /> <br />River District Interests vis a vis SWSI: <br /> <br />1. Successful implementation of a 10,825 supply in order to maintain significant progress and <br />viability of IS-Mile Reach PBO. <br /> <br />2~ Identification of Ri ver District preferred alternate, to be developed. <br /> <br />Ruedi Reservoir Futures <br /> <br />Description: Ruedi Reservoir has a significant remaining pool of un contracted water!! representing <br />storage and construction costs which must either be repaid by 2019, or referred to Congress to revisit <br />the project repayment provisions. One possible use of this water supply may be for use on the Front <br />Range by pumping from Ruedi Reservoir to the Boustead Tunnel. This may actually be more <br />acceptable than using a significant portion of the yield for Recovery Program flow support. <br />However, this also has many contentious issues associated with it in the Frying Pan and Roaring <br />Fork River Basin; in particular, what would be the effects on Ruedi Reservoir levels as well as flows <br />in the Frying Pan River. The Ruedi Futures study is an effort to identify the key parameters of <br />impo11ance to the recreational interests in the valley, so that discussions can occur with Front Range <br />interests based upon on how to best protect the resource. <br /> <br />River District Interests vis a vis SWSI: <br /> <br />The un-marketed yield in Ruedi Reservoir could be used to meet either Front Range needs, West <br />Slope consumptive use needs or Endangered Fish recovery flow needs. The Ruedi Futures Study <br />will serve to put some parameters on how Ruedi might be operated in the future, and in what <br />limitations there will be on the ability to meet these needs. <br /> <br />Summit County - Snake River, Upper Blue River and to-Mile Creek augmentation needs <br />