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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 1006
• Author: Resource Consultants, I.
• Title: Biological Assessment Green Mountain Reservoir Water Marketing Program.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

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Dotsero gage and one-hal f would be appl ied above the Cameo gage. The
incremental increase would be considered 100 percent consumptive use and
would be distributed over a 12-month period. This would permit eva-
1 uati on of the impacts assoc iated with maximum stress on the reservoir
and the downstream river system.
Under this alternative increased upstream exchange will not be eva-
luated, as such an evaluation would require identification of a specific
quantity and point of diversion. Assessment of impacts associated with
increased upstream exchange may require a separate environmental
assessment on a case-by-case basis.
Water Depletion
Table 3 shows the predicted water depletion due to the Green
Mountain Water Sales Project at the Cameo and Stateline gages. The
table compares Alternatives 2 and 4 for a wet year (1970), an average
year (1972) and two dry years (1977 and 1978). Depletions are relati-
vel y simil ar each year, with highest depl etions generally occurring in
the wet (1970) and driest (1978) years. Maximum depletions (132 cfs)
occurred in July of 1978. Littl e difference is noted between the two
gages, indicating little withdrawal by the Clifton Water District and
City of Grand Junction, the only water requestors below the Cameo gage
(Tabl e 2). Al so, 1 ittl e difference between Alternatives 2 and 4 or
water sales of 22,800 and 28,800, are apparent.

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