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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Fonn Revised May 2007 <br /> <br />6. Water Availability and Sustainability - this information is needed to assess the viability and effectiveness of the <br />water project or activity. Please provide a description of each water supply source to be utilized for, or the water body <br />to be affected by, the water activity. For water supply sources being utilized, describe its location, yield, extent of <br />development, and water right status. For water bodies being affected, describe its location, extent of development, and <br />the expected effect of the water activity on the water body, in either case, the analysis should take into consideration a <br />reasonable range of hydrologic variation. <br /> <br />The proposed water supply will be derived from the Animas La Plata Project (either from the <br />outlet structure or from Lake Nighthorse, the reservoir. As a part of the Colorado Ute <br />Settlement Act Amendments of 2000, the Act authorized that the ALP Project would deliver <br />municipal and industrial water allocations with average annual depletions of 57,100 acre feet <br />per year. The Animas La Plata Water Conservancy District has rights to purchase 2,600 acre <br />feet of these depletions. The LPWWA has agreed in principle to purchase 700 acre feet of <br />the ALPWCD depletions to supply the rural domestic water system in southwestern La Plata <br />County. The City of Durango has also agreed in principle to purchase 1,900 acre feet of <br />ALPWCD depletions. Other potentially invested parties also have rights to ALP water and are <br />in need of a water supply system to access their allocated water. <br /> <br />Because the water for the project will come entirely from allocated water rights diverted under <br />the ALP Project, impact to other water rights or water bodies in the project area have already <br />been addressed. Ultimately, supplying water from the ALP will provide a needed source of <br />domestic water and reduce demands on the limited groundwater supply.n <br />9 <br />