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Water Supply Reserve Account- Grant Application Form
<br />rorm Revised May 2007
<br />Tvne of organization year formed and statutes under which formed: The Upper Arkansas Water
<br />Conservancy District (UAWCD) was formed in 1979 pursuant to C.R.S. 37-45-102 and case number
<br />79CV30. The district is a quasi-municipality created by decree to provide for the conservation of water
<br />resources and to provide the greatest beneficial use of water within the Upper Arkansas Basin of the State
<br />of Colorado specifically in Chaffee, Fremont, Custer and parts of Saguache and EI Paso Counties by the
<br />construction of works as defined in C.R.S. 37-45-103(10), i.e., construction of dams, storage reservoirs,
<br />compensatory and replacement reservoirs, canals, conduits, pipelines, tunnels, power plants, and any and
<br />all works, facilities, improvements, and property necessary or convenient for the supplying of water for
<br />domestic, irrigation, power, milling, manufacturing, mining, metallurgical, and all other beneficial uses.
<br />Number of customers: The district has 6,719 customers whose water uses include irrigation (38% of
<br />use); municipal storage (25%); and domestic and commercial augmentation (18%).
<br />Service area: The DistricYs service area covers more than 2 million high mountain acres.
<br />TABLE 1. SERVICE AREA
<br />Count Miles2 Acres
<br />Chaffee - entire 1,014 648,960
<br />Fremont - entire 1,533 981,120
<br />Custer - entire 739 472,960
<br />Sa uache - artial 20 12,800
<br />EI Paso - artial 70 45,440
<br />TOTAL 3,377 2,161,280
<br />Current water usage: Table 2 summarizes current water use and projects demand for 2035.
<br />TABLE 2, CURRENT AND PROJECTED WATER DEMAND
<br />Description Current March 2008 Future 2035 pro'ected
<br /> Acre Feet Users Acre Feet Users
<br />Au mentation 163 997 806 5,100
<br />Municipal Storage Allotments 395 5,700 495 7,000
<br />Irrigation, Supplemental 200 Unknown* 688 Unknown`
<br />Irrigation, UAWCD Lake Ranch 400 1 400 1
<br />Irri ation, Rule 14 Au mentation 121 21 220 35
<br />Sub Total 1,279 6,719 2,609 12,136
<br />Other Deliveries/Demands
<br />Water for Storage Trade 130 NA 130 NA
<br />Ditch Water Exchan e A reement 52 NA 52 NA
<br />Municipal, Buena Vista Integrated
<br />Water Mana ement Plan 75 1,000
<br />Reservoir Evaporation 105 NA 105 NA
<br />Sub Total 287 362 1,000
<br />Totals 1,566 6,719 2,971 13,136
<br />*Supplemental Irrigation water delivered to South Arkansas to complete crop irrigation without regard to priority.
<br />" Under water market augmentation, the number of users represents the number of structures (wells) served, not people; an
<br />estimate would be 2.5 persons per structure.
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