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following tables provide information regarding the physical features and water rights of <br />Ridgway Reservoir. <br />Ridgway Reservoir Physical Features <br />Feature Water Right <br />Outlet Works Capacity 500 cfs <br />Active Capacity 59,396 ac-ft <br />Dead and Inactive Capacity 25,014 ac-ft <br />Total Capacity 84,410 ac-ft <br />Ridgway Reservoir Area -Capacity Table <br />Area <br />(acre) Capacity <br />(acre-feet) <br />85 1,430 <br />203 4,150 <br />345 9,657 <br />457 17,637 <br />572 27,841 <br />684 40,315 <br />815 55,283 <br />971 73,146 <br />1,063 84,271 <br />Ridgway Reservoir Water Rights <br />Decreed Amount <br />Structure Structure Appropriation Administration (acre-feet) <br />Name ID Date Number Absolute Conditional <br />Ridgway 3679 6/01/1890 20269.14762 14.9 <br />Reservoir 3675 11/16/1956 39036.00000 223,046 <br />The active capacity of the reservoir includes approximately 20,000 acre-feet for <br />recreational and conservation purposes, and 39,400 acre-feet for municipal and industrial <br />uses and supplemental irrigation uses in the Uncompahgre Valley. The project will <br />provide up to 28,100 acre-feet of municipal and industrial water and up to 11,200 acre- <br />feet of supplemental irrigation water. The Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association <br />(UVWUA) has subscribed for 10,300 acre-feet of the supplemental irrigation water and <br />the remaining 900 acre-feet has yet to be allotted. <br />The municipal and industrial water is allocated to the water users listed below <br />Gunnison River Basin Information 2-6 <br />