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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I an average year. At present, the major uses upstream of the Boating Park include irrigated agriculture, hydroelectric power generation at the Tacoma station, the City of Durango municipal intake, and the Animas Water Company. As evidenced by such uses, there are numerous suitable upstream points of diversion or storage which may be used by those who would place the water to consumptive beneficial use. Absolute Water Rights Review of the water rights tabulation for Water District 30 indicates that there are approximately 1,050 cfs of absolute direct flow water rights and 33,900 acre-feet of absolute storage water rights in the Animas River basin upstream of the Boating Park location. Conditional Water Rights There are also approximately 120 cfs of conditional direct flow water rights and approximately 24,300 acre-feet of conditional storage water rights that ,~n be used to support future upstream development. These water rights would be senior to the City's Boating Park water right. Existing Undecreed Uses There are presently undecreed diversions upstream of the City of Durango. According to the District 30 Water Commissioner, the amount of undecreed diversions is highly variable and difficult to quantify. Pending and Future Water Rights Applications When decreed, water rights filed for in Water Court prior to 2006, but not yet decreed, will be senior to the City's RICD claim. To assess the recent water rights applications, we reviewed the Division 7 Water Resume for the past two years. During 2004 and 2005, claims for approximately 10 cfs of absolute direct flow water rights and approximately 120 acre-feet of absolute storage water rights were filed with the Water Court. Conditional appropriations totaled approximately 30 cfs of direct flow water rights and approximately 190 acre-feet of storage rights. All of the pending water rights claims are located above the City's Boating Park. 7