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Figure 2 <br />Moffat Tunnel <br />Historic Diversions -Water Year 1950 - 2002 <br />100,000 <br />90,000 <br />so,ooo <br />~~, ~o,ooo <br />w <br />~; 60,000 <br />o so,ooo <br />> 40,000 <br />Q <br />q~ 30,000 <br />6 <br />20,000 <br />10,000 <br />~~~~~~~~ <br />~~~~~~~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />II <br />0 <br />o ~v a ~ m o N a ~ <br />Year <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />~ ~ ~~ f <br />co o ~v a ~ m o N a ~ m o N <br />~ co co co co co o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ 0 0 <br />o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ o~ 0 0 <br />N N <br />Annual Diversions for the 1950 to 2002 study period: <br />Average (1950-2002) = 51,134 acre-feet <br />Maximum (1982) = 87,842 acre-feet <br />Minimum (1958) = 13,665 acre-feet. <br />The preceding data is presented in water year due to the availability of data at the time <br />this report was prepared. If this data is used for future modeling efforts, it is <br />recommended that the data be analyzed in calendar year. Monthly diversions for Moffat <br />Water Tunnel are presented in Table 2. <br />WATER RIGHTS <br />Moffat Water Tunnel has decreed direct flow water rights for a total of 928.0 cfs absolute and <br />352.0 cfs conditional. There is no associated storage on the Western Slope. Two small <br />reservoirs have been conditionally decreed on the Fraser River, but they have not been built. The <br />Denver diversion rights are subject to summertime calls along the Fraser River because their <br />rights are relatively junior to many of the irrigation rights downstream in the Fraser River Basin. <br />Replacements from Williams Fork Reservoir protect Denver's Moffat Tunnel diversions from <br />Colorado River calls. Table 1 presents the details of the associated direct flow water rights. <br />MoffatTunnel.doc 6 of 10 <br />