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MAY-19-04 14;22 FROM-WEISS AND VAN SCOYK 970 879 6058 T-286 P.018/033 F-562 <br />-? . Muy 20(N .5nuu,rr?r1' rl Po/riaild Rrrrrnoir.l'in.r i.i rGr Llpprr Yampa fiirrr lJrrriiiu?le ? Pri?r 3 <br />Yampa Rivcr Basin Alternativts FcayibilitZr Study <br />In 1993 the CRWCD, Colorado Water Conservation Board and dic J3urezu ol Reclama11on rctainrd <br />Hydrospher.e Resourcr Consul«nts co complete the Z'ampa 12ir?cr Ba,rrn A/teriiutive.r Prardbilr`y .S'lody <br />(Hydrosphcrc, 1993). One oF the objcciivcs of chi5 study was "eo iclenciEy alternacivc rescrvnir sites <br />and oper,afing strlt,?gics Eor ncc Upper Yampa Rivcr basin chai c1n incct ihe long rcrrn watcr supply <br />and cconoinic neecls oF thc arca .,." Nor purposes oF this SCUClY IC5CNUlL SliCS 2L1 EYCC$S oE 10,000- <br />aCI2 CeCt WCIC CVIIUSCcCj. <br />Eighe larger rescrvoir sircs, or enllrgements oF cxiscing projccis, were idenciriecl in che Upper Yampa <br />RivcL B1sin in [he Y'anipa Rivrr Durin Akemariie,r 1-'?a,rib!!iy St6?dy, Rescrvoir siccs in chc Upper Yampa <br />River Sasin cvaluated by 1-Iydrosphcrc are summarizecl in Table ?, Upper YamPn Pvuer Reseruoir .Sur.r <br />finm A Ar.rnutive,r Feu,ribility .Stntdy, <br />7ABLE 2 <br />UPPER YAMPA RIVER RESERVOIR SITES FROM ALTERNATIVES FEASIBILITY STUDY <br />Stream naservoir Namo <br />Yam a River (Mainstem) Stillwater Reservoir <br />Yam a River (Mainsiam) Yamculo Reservoir <br />Yam a River IMainstemf Stagecoach Reservoir <br />Morrison Creek Morrlson Creek <br />Service Creek Service Craek <br />Green Creek Lower Green Creek <br />Yam a River IMainsternl l.ake Catamount <br />Walton Creek Waltan Creak <br />The Nfozrison Crcclt reservair sire was idencified as an altcrnativc in Uoth srudics and caufd be si?,ed <br />to mccr 1 wicle range of water managemcnE needs. <br />Other Sices <br />Rs we OUS2fYCd auring our recenc Eeld visit, thete are several orher ccscrvoir sites in Ehe Upper <br />Yampa River dtainage that wcrc noE included in ptevious scudies, There :tre two oEf channc! storagc <br />reservoirs that we visieecl. The Frst si[c is locaicd in Sec. 10, T2N, R85W 1nd approximately one- <br />chird mile .vest of thc ciry of Ynmpa. This storlgc reservoir could poEcntilUy be Eilled wirh war,er <br />from ehe Yampa Rvec via d-ic Bird ,Dicch oc From Watson Creek vi1 a feeder channcL. Thc othcr ofE <br />channel storage reservois site is located souch of Ynmpa near the eonfluenee oE 13Yinker anci Chimncy <br />Creeks in Secaons 26 and 35, T2N, RSSW. <br />Anoclier xeservotr sitc, that spring condicions pcevenced us from visiting, is locatcd bcnvccn Bcar <br />Lake and Sdllwatcr lteservoit on che mainstem of chc Bcar Rivcr. This rescrvoir sire h1s the pozentinl <br />to score scvcral cbousand lcre-EcGr of warcr. Conclusion <br /> <br />Vf/hile na analysis of water righ[s or blsin yield for chesc rescrvoir sitcs has bccn madc with rCspcC< <o <br />thc Rccrcadonnl ln Chlnnel Diversion (R1CD) warcr righrs thai LL1C ciry OP SCE2171L10aC Spcings has <br />applied for,lny warcr cibhts to bc uscd For tilling chese reservoirs would be junior tc) any RICD water <br />righEs decreed. <br />References <br />Hydrosphere. 1993). 7'aiipa Rfver Ba,riu f11tCrnur«er P're„jbifl?y lmdy - r=;no[ rtepuri, IvIarch. <br />MoatgomeryWatson, ?OOOa. ?'"am?r? Riurr 13as1?1,S'moll Reseruun-Strrdy, rcbrtiary. <br />1ldontgomcry W.1[son, 20006. Yu.,?pu R.ivrr 13u.cin ,S'ma!! RrrcmarrSturly PGurr 2 Rrparr, Augus1_ <br />UrG/ul