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volumetric limit per Case No. 83CW361) and junior direct flow water rights total 39.8 cfs. <br />Dillon and Green Mountain Reservoirs are key call ing water rights that affect the administration <br />of water in Summit County. The Vidler Tunnel Unit water right is a junior right relative to <br />Dillon and Green Mountain Reservoirs. As such, diversions on the Vidler Tunnel Unit water <br />right are contingent upon the wa ter level in the rese rvoirs and are made on a limited basis. <br />Various water rights associated with Vidler Tunnel have been sold to water users for use as <br />replacement credits in various augmentation plans for domestic and municipal water users. As <br />such, the water transported through Vidler Tunnel under senior wate r rights has been reduced in <br />amount and season of diversion. Table 1 shows the water rights for Vidler Tunnel and the <br />annual diversion limitation for tr ansport through Vi dler Tunnel. <br />Table 1 <br />a/ <br />Direct Flow Water Rights <br />Annual <br />Structure Appropriation Adjudication Diversion <br />Source Decreed Rate Use <br />c/ <br />Name Date Date Limitation <br />(acre-feet) <br />b/ <br />Senior Water Rights <br />Snake <br />Rice Ditch 5/3/1893 3/2/1910 4.5 cfs Irrigation <br />River <br />Soda Creek Soda <br />7/1/1900 3/10/1952 2.72 cfs Irrigation <br />Ditch Creek <br />Keystone <br />129 af <br />Phillips Ditch 6/1/1904 2/2/1910 4.0 cfs Irrigation <br />Creek <br />Snake <br />Rice Ditch 7/5/1914 10/26/1937 10.0 cfs Irrigation <br />River <br />Snake <br />Rice Ditch 7/5/1914 3/10/1952 10.0 cfs Irrigation <br />River <br />Irrigation <br />Peru <br />Arduser Ditch 9/28/1934 10/26/1937 3.0 cfs 14 af <br />Industrial <br />Creek <br />Domestic <br />Irrigation <br />Municipal <br />Valaer Ditch Blue River 2/21/1941 3/10/1952 12.96 cfs 140 af <br />Commercial <br />Domestic <br />Municipal <br />Commercial <br />Industrial <br />Recreation <br />Giberson Tenmile <br />69.6 af <br />5/1/1911 10/12/1914 4.0 cfs Fishery <br />Ditch Creek <br />Fire <br />Domestic <br />Wildlife <br />b/ <br />Storage <br />VidlerTunnel.doc 6 of 10 <br />