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• Board Meeting Date: 7/21/2010
• Description: Stream & Lake Protection Section - Case Nos. 6-07CW061 and 6-07CW072: Applications of Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Linda Bassi, Esq
Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, CO 80203
RE: Request for Pet Mission to Inundate a Portion of Silver Creek
Water Division No. 6, CWCB Case No. 77CW1328
1.0 INFORMATION
July 7, 2010
On behalf of the Upper Yampa Water ConservancV District (District), Resource
Engineering, Inc. (RESOURCE) submits this request for permission to inundate a portion
of the Colorado Water Conservation Board's (CWCB) instrearn flow water right (ISF)
decreed on Silver Creek in Case No. 77CW1 328, Water Division No. 6. This request for
inundation is made pursuant to the provisions of 2 CCR 408-2, Section 7 and in
fulfillment of certain terms and conditions contained in the District's Stipulation and
Agreement entered into with the CWCB in Case Nos. 07CW61 and 07C'VV72,
consolidated.
This request to inundate a portion of Silver Creek is necessitated by the District's plans
to construct the Morrison Creek Reservoir. The reservoir's dam is located on Morrison
Creek approximately 0.5 river miles downstream of its confluence with Silver Creek. The
resulting storage pool would potentially cause inundation of approximately 3,720 feet of
lower Silver Creek. The CWCB's Silver Creek ISF that is the subject of the request is
decreed for 5.0 cfs and extends from its confluerce with Morrison Creek upstream a
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distance of approximate 12 miles to its confluence with the South Fork of Silver Creek.
The location of the planned Morrison Creek Reservoir and the CWCB's affected 1SF
right is shown in Figure 1, attached.
1.1 Background Inforination
The District was formed under the Water Conservancy Act of the State of Colorado by
der-ree of the Routt County District Court in Civil Action 3815 on March 8, 1966. The
District's purpose was and is to conserve, develop, and stabilize supplies of water for
domestic, irrigation, manufactuning and other beneficial uses and by the construction of
works for such purposes. The District is authorized to appropriate water rights and
initiate and impiement plans for augmentation for the benefit of water users within the
District's boundaries. C.R.S. §§ 37-45-118 and 37-92-302(5). The construction and
operation of the planned Morrison Creek Reservoir is an authorized use under the
State's Water Conservancy Act.
Application and Decroe. The District filed two applications for water storage rights on
Morrison Creek in 07CW61 and 07CW72. In Case No. 07CW61, the District requested
to change a portion of its conditional storage right associated with the Pleasant Valley
Reservoir and Feeder Canal to an upstream location on Morrison Creek for beneficial
uses within its service area and/or delivery to nearby Stagecoach Reservoir, In Case
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