SPDSS_Task5_KeyStructure_RiversideIrrigation

• Title: SPDSS Task 5 - Key Structure, Riverside Irrigation System
• Description: The Riverside Irrigation System has been identified as a key structure for the South Platte Decision Support System ‎(SPDSS)‎ consumptive use and surface water modeling efforts. The purpose of this Task 5 memorandum is to document physical, legal, and operational aspects of those key structures identified.
• Decision Support - Doc Type: Task Memorandum
• Date: 8/10/2004
• DSS Category: Surface Water
• DSS: South Platte
• Basin: South Platte
• Contract/PO #: C153954
• Grant Type: Non-Reimbursable
• Bill Number: SB01-157, HB02-1152, SB03-110, HB04-1221, SB05-084, HB06-1313, SB07-122
• Prepared By: Leonard Rice Engineering

Table 3
Direct Flow Rights -Riverside Inlet Ditch i

Source Appropriation
Date Adjudication
Date Administration
No. Decreed
Amount
(cfs)
Uses
1/1/1876 11/21/1895 9497.00000 22.00 Irri ation
4/1/1902 1/15/1914 19083.00000 500.00 Storage
5/31/1907 1/15/1914 20969.00000 417.00 Irrigation
8/1/1907 1/15/1914 21031.00000 740.00 Storage
10/25/1910 1/15/1914 22212.00000 1000.00 Storage
12/31/1929 6/8/1965 31423.29219 1000.00 Stora e
South 11/11/1908 12/31/1975 45655.21285 1000.00 ~ Storage
Platte River 6/30/1975 12/31/1978 46751.45836 37.50 Stora e
6/17/1986 12/31/1986 49841.00000 1658.40 Storage
3/3/1988 12/31/1988 50466.00000 80.85 3 Storage &
Recharge
11/4/1988 12/31/1988 50712.00000 64.00 Stora e
3/11/1985 12/31/1989 50769.49378 100.00 Storage
8/10/1990 12/31/1990 51356.00000 120.00 Storage
Notes: 1. Colorado Water Rights Tabulation
2. Conditional storage in Wildcat Reservoir
3. 47.9 cfs storage plus 32.95 cfs recharge
Storage Rights
The three most senior storage rights for Riverside Reservoir provide for storage of 65,008 acre-
feet for irrigation and augmentation use. The 1929 storage right provides for a refill of up to
56,325 acre-feet. The remaining junior storage rights were decreed primarily for use as
temporary storage in accordance with the System's augmentation plans.
Table 4
Storage Rights -Riverside Reservoir 1
Source Appropriation
Date Adjudication
Date Administration
No. Decreed
Amount
4/1/1902 1/15/1914 19083.00000 16,070 of
8/1/1907 1/15/1914 21031.00000 41,437 of
South Platte 10/25/1910 1/15/1914 22212.00000 7,501 of
River 12/31/1929 6/8/1965 31423.29219 56,325 of
3/3/1988 12/31/1988 50466.00000 304 of
3/11/1985 12/31/1989 50769.49378 6,000 of
8/10/1990 12/31/1990 51356.00000 3,000 of
Notes: 1. Colorado Water Rights Tabulation
The storage rights for Vancil Reservoir include the water right to fill and refill of 5,050 acre-feet
with additional storage of 1,950 acre-feet.
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