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The Pueblo Chieftain Online Page 1 of 2 <br />Flush, Southeastern looks for ways to re- <br />market water <br />By KARL LICIs <br />THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN <br />Funny how a heavy rain can change the outlook for water - even for the <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. <br />During the enterprise segment of Thursday's board of directors meeting, the <br />panel agreed to lease 1,300 acre -feet of surplus waLQr f ro the P eblo B and of <br />Water Works at 7 e ..acre -foot, taking delivery Oct;, 1. But not efore a <br />question was raised whether after Wed day night's torrential rains across <br />much of the lower Arkansas Valley, the district could re -lease the water to <br />another buyer before that date. <br />"At that price, I wouldn't think it would be a major problem," said Jim <br />Broderick, the district's general manager, acknowledging he hadn't actively <br />explored the market, but saying potential uses could include soften in _J2Qols <br />and water banking. <br />"Even if we held it (in storage for future release), it's cheaper than they can get <br />it anywhere else." <br />Both the price and amount of water are the same as Pueblo's allocation of <br />Frying pan -Arkansas Proiect Vater from last spring. <br />In other business, Southeastern's attorney Stephen Leonhardt reported having <br />some "ver,_,,,c�uctive "talks with the Colorado River Water Conservation <br />Ratdrtduring the past few weeks toward e possibi ity of that district <br />supporting legislation for the Preferred Storage Options Plan. Issues being <br />resolved involve the use of Twin Lakes water and Twin Laken�a___rr�yover, <br />Leonhardt reported. The Colorado River district has asked for assurance that <br />Colorado Springs will n,Qii sue, its P;20P space to carry over Twin Lakes water, <br />which Leonhardt indicated is forthcoming. <br />Other issues relate to the settlement in water court of Southeastern's Boustead <br />Tunnel case and the Twin Lakgy cbznggP W!th th city of Aspen. <br />The tunnel case involves than h in to ?4 �ubi . fr eet �_er_second._,S2f_water <br />from condition` al to absolute status, Leonhardt said. <br />The Twin Lakes exchange enables the Twin Lakes Reservoir Co. to take 3,000 <br />acre -feet of water from the headwaters of the Roaring Fork River above Aspen, <br />but requires bypassing another 3,000 acre -feet, to be recovered through the <br />Boustead Tunnel from the Hunter Creek drainage. Twin Lakes did not provide <br />http: / /www. chieftain. com /print.php ?article= /metro/1092981600/4 8/23/2004 <br />