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<br />Curecanti and other junior decrees. After closure of Blue Mesa, it is <br /> <br />likely that Blue Mesa releases to maintain a 200 cfs minimum flow in the <br /> <br />Canyon kept the Redlands call off mainstream water rights above the North <br /> <br />Fork. This appeared to be the case even in an extreme dry year like 1977. <br /> <br />The Redlands call was accordingly not operated in the model. <br /> <br />Three diversions below the North Fork confluence total about 150 cfs <br /> <br />and are senior to the Gunnison Tunnel. <br /> <br />These rights have reportedly <br /> <br />never called since Blue Mesa was closed in 1966, and accordingly were not <br /> <br /> <br />operated in the model. If developed, the conditional rights to be <br /> <br /> <br />retained by P & M could also call water past the 29-mile reach. <br /> <br /> <br />Currently, the ultimate disposition of these rights is unclear and they <br /> <br /> <br />have not been operated in the model. <br /> <br />F. Principal Water Rights <br /> <br />The prirlcipal water rights which are operated in the model are those <br /> <br />associated with storage at Blue Mesa and Taylor Park reservoirs and with <br /> <br />diversions at the Gunnison Tunnel. The latter include irrigation <br /> <br />diversions under a 1913 decree (1901 appropriation date) and those for <br /> <br />hydroelectric generation under a 1982 decree (1981 appropriatioYI date). <br /> <br />Taylor Park reservoir was modelled as a 1941 storage decree {1904 <br />appropriation date> with a live decreed capacity of 106,200 acre feet out <br />of a total decreed capacity of 111,260 acre feet. Blue Mesa was modelled <br /> <br />WBLA, Inc. 1909 Broadway, #3, Boulder, Colorado 80302 <br /> <br />15 <br />