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M N <br />right at Shoshone. (The transmountain diversions referred to are in the Roaring <br />Fork basin, which discharges into the Colorado River below the Shoshone <br />diversion.) Ruedi Reservoir, which is also junior to the Shoshone water right, <br />benefits from its return flows. The largest group of junior industrial rights <br />were appropriated in the 1950's to serve the oil shale industry. These rights <br />remain conditional pending a change in the world wide demand for petroleum <br />products. Municipal users with junior rights downstream include the Ute Water <br />Conservancy District, City of Grand Junction, and Clifton Water District. <br />SUBORDINATION BENEFITS TO DENVER AND OTHERS <br />Complete removal of the Shoshone call during the non-irrigation season <br />would result in a "free river" allowing diversions by any upstream water users <br />who are in a position to make winter season diversions or additions to storage. <br />The most significant of these upstream users are the large transmountain <br />diversion projects. Municipal and snowmaking diversions could take place without <br />making augmentation releases from storage, subject to water availability in the <br />stream after the transmountain diversions have taken their share. <br />Selective subordination of the Shoshone water right to Denver alone would <br />result in Denver's continued diversion while other water users were curtailed <br />during the winter season. Any water right located upstream from the Shoshone <br />Power Plant would be justified in claiming injury under such an operation since <br />Denver's depletions would reduce the flow at Shoshone and prolong the season in <br />S <br />4