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. . . t. tion has applied for 2,000 acre-feet of st~age in Turquoise Reservoir. (b) Return flows from the Frying Pan-Arkansas Project. The Association has applied for an additional 2,000 acre-feet of such water from the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The Association hopes to be able to store some or all of these flows in Lake l~redith, in Reach 3, or elsewhere. To the extent that the Associa- tion does not store such water, it will take credit for the amount to which it is entitled when the return flows are in the river. It may also use such flows in a recharge program and utilize the amount so stored. r--- (c) Phreatophyte salvage. The Association has ( a contract right to use the water salvaged by Spady Brothers by the removal of phreatophytes, a matter now pending the Water Court in Case No. W-39l0. In addition, Association member Homer Osborne owns property in Reach 4 phreatophytes have been cleared, resulting in a salvage of approximately 2,000 acre-feet according to the 'preliminary calculations of the Association's engineers. I Other phreatophyte salvage also may be claimed. L- (d) Possible purchases of return flow from trans- mountain sources other than the Frying Pan-Arkansas Project. The Association has made preliminary contacts with Colorado Springs, the developers of water from the Black Squirrel Basin and those entitled to use water from the Twin Lakes system through the Colorado Canal. (el The Association is exploring the use of four high-capacity wells owned by one of its members in Reach 3 to deliver water to senior ditches or into Lake Meredith, where it might be stored for Subsequent release. (f) The Association and its engineers will inves- tigate the possibilities of utilizing other wells to deliver water into the surface stream or into particular ditches.