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by the division engineer under WDID 320680. These water rights are all senior to the rights <br />of the MVIC. <br /> City of Cortez Water Rights <br />Name Adjud. Date Approp. Date Admin. No. Amount <br />(cfs) <br />Main Canal No. 1 02-01-1892 OS-31-1879 10743.00000 1.1 <br />Main Canal No. 1 02-01-1892 04-15-1880 11063.00000 1.1 <br />Main Canal No. 1 02-01-1892 OS-31-1882 11839.00000 1.0 <br />Main Canal No. 1 02-01-1892 OS-31-1883 12204.00000 1.0 <br />The Montezuma Water Company. The MVIC system was also historically used for the <br />transbasin delivery of municipal water for the Montezuma Water Company, the company <br />that provides domestic water service to the rural areas of the Montezuma Valley outside of <br />the city of Cortez. The Montezuma Water Company holds a number of senior direct flow <br />water rights on the Dolores River, as shown below. After completion of the Dolores Project, <br />these diversions are made through the Dolores Tunnel and are recorded by the division <br />engineer under WDID 710627 for diversions from the Dolores River and under WDID <br />322001 as the receiving structure in Water District 32. <br />Montezuma Water Company Water Rights <br />Name Adjud. Date Approp. Date Admin. No. Amount <br />(cfs) <br />Dolor Wat Div Hdgt 02-01- 1892 OS-O1-1881 11444.00000 0.50 <br />Dolor Wat Div Hdgt 02-01- 1892 OS-10-1881 11453.00000 0.50 <br />Dolor Wat Div Hdgt 03-22-1963 11-25-1885 30667.13113 10.00 <br />Dolor Wat Div Hdgt 12-31- 1973 07-11-1973 45117.00000 1.00 <br />The 10 cfs water right shown above was transferred from the Main Canal No. 1, owned by <br />the MVIC. As part of this transfer, the Montezuma Water Company was also guaranteed a <br />delivery of additional storage water from the MVIC's Groundhog Reservoir. With <br />completion of the Dolores Project, this storage agreement was superseded by an agreement <br />for storage in McPhee Reservoir. <br />2.3 Summit Reservoir System <br />The Summit Reservoir system is aprivately-owned system of canals and reservoirs that <br />imports water from the Dolores River basin (Water District 71) for irrigation purposes in the <br />upper reaches of the McElmo Creek drainage (Water District 32). A portion of the irrigation <br />water is also delivered into tributaries of the Mancos River (Water District 34) and small <br />amounts are delivered to irrigated areas from which the irrigation return flows return back to <br />the Dolores River drainage. <br />The Summit system includes two major direct flow diversions from Water District 71: (1) the <br />Turkey Creek Ditch (WDID 710618) and (2) the Summit Ditch (WDID 710609). The water <br />rights for these structures are as follows: <br />San Juan & Dolores River Basin Information 2-7 <br />