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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />1 <br /> <br />Hydrology and Water Rights <br /> <br />The source of water for the LPCDC is direct flow water rights out of South Canon Ditch. The water rights <br />diverted at the LPCDC headgate consist of 8 rights with dates of appropriation ranging from 1862 to 1866 <br />and totaling 22 cfs. Records of the State Engineer's Office indicate that total average annual diversions are <br />5,063 acre-feet, based on record years 1992 through 2004, and that the maximum diversion rate was 20.1 cfs <br />for record year 1993, A summary of the State Engineer records for 1992, through 2004 are found in <br />Appendix C. <br /> <br />Discussion with the State Engineer's Office and documents from members of the LPCDC Board indicate <br />that LPCDC diverts its water out of the South Canon Ditch, under the "South Canon Water Decrees", <br />described below. Based on State Engineer's Office (SE) records form 1988 to 2004, and input from the <br />SEO - Division 2, average annual diversions for the LPCDC are estimated to be 1,850 acre-feet. LPCDC <br />maintains a flow weir, in conjunction with the SEO, downstream of their headgate at the South Canon <br />Ditch. The "South Canon Water Decrees" involve three entities who divert water through the South Canon <br />Ditch at the same diversion structure on the Arkansas River, approximately one-mile upstream fro Canon <br />City. The water decrees for each entity are as follows: <br /> <br />South Canon Ditch 7.91 cfs (1866) <br />3.40 cfs (1880) <br />23.20 cfs (1882) 34.51 cfs Sub-total <br />Lincoln Park Pump Ditch 2.00 cfs (1866) <br />1.00 cfs (1866) <br />3.00 cfs (1882) 6.00 cfs Sub-total <br />Lincoln Park Crooked Ditch 2.00 cfs (1862) <br />3.00 cfs (1866) <br />3.00 cfs (1904) 8.00 cfs Sub-total <br /> <br />TOTAL <br /> <br />48.51 cfs <br /> <br />The LPCDC 1862 and 1866 decrees are very senior, and provide a reliable 5.0 cfs that is always legally and <br />physically available. LPCDC has the right under their decrees to divert water from the Arkansas River <br />through the South Canon Ditch, and they jointly participate in the maintenance of the South Canon Ditch. <br /> <br />May 2006 <br /> <br />Hydrology and Water Rights <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Lincoln Park Crooked Ditch Company <br />