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• Project 7 is allowed to take UVWUA's water stored in Blue Mesa Reservoir in <br />exchange for water stored in Ridgway Reservoir. <br />• Cerro Reservoir (650 acre-feet) and Fairview Reservoir (350 acre-feet) are operated <br />as re-regulating storage facilities for Project 7 water delivered via the Cimarron Canal <br />and from the UVWUA's South Canal. <br />For each acre-foot of water delivered to Project 7 at Fairview Reservoir from the <br />South Canal, an acre-foot is credited to the UVWUA's exchange account in Ridgway <br />Reservoir. <br />2.3.5. Conclusions and Recommendations <br />The Gunnison River water resource planning model was developed to simulate the <br />operations of Ridgway Reservoir and the various sub-accounts for allocating and using <br />the stored water. The WRPM is designed to simulate the Ridgway exchange that enables <br />high-quality water imported by the UVWUA from the Gunnison River basin to be used <br />by the Project 7 water authority in exchange for a transfer of water from the municipal <br />and industrial account in the reservoir to the irrigation account of the UVWUA. The <br />model is structured to represent individual accounts in Ridgway in accordance with the <br />agreements. <br />2.4. Operations of Taylor Park and Blue Mesa Reservoirs <br />This section describes the Taylor ParkBlue Mesa exchange agreement. Taylor Park <br />Reservoir is operated and maintained by the Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association <br />(UVWUA). Blue Mesa Reservoir is owned by the United States, operated and maintained by <br />the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), and is part of the Aspinall Unit. Pursuant to a <br />1975 exchange agreement, cooperative operation of Taylor Park Reservoir and Blue Mesa <br />Reservoir has provided stabilization of the Taylor and Gunnison River streamflows for <br />enhanced fishing and recreation interests; it has also mitigated destructive icing problems at <br />Blue Mesa. <br />2.4.1. General Description of Taylor Park Reservoir <br />Taylor Park Reservoir was constructed by the USBR as part of the Uncompahgre Project <br />to store and deliver supplemental irrigation water to irrigable lands in the Uncompahgre <br />Valley. The reservoir was decreed in 1941, with a priority date of August 3, 1904, for <br />irrigation and other purposes. The decreed capacity of Taylor Park Reservoir is 111,260 <br />acre-feet, with an active capacity of 106,230 acre-feet. The reservoir is owned by the <br />United States and is operated by the UVWUA. Historically, releases were made from <br />Taylor Park Reservoir to provide a supplemental supply for the Gunnison Tunnel when <br />its direct flow right was not fully satisfied. Water rights for Taylor Park Reservoir are <br />shown below: <br />Gunnison River Basin Information 2-9 <br />