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FRYINGPAN- ARKANSAS PROJECT WATER ALLOCATIONS <br />MUNICIPAL & AGRICULTURAL WATER USERS <br />Each spring, the Board <br />of Directors for the South- <br />eastern Colorado Water <br />Conservancy District sends <br />out applications for Fry -Ark <br />Project water from municipal <br />and agricultural water users. <br />This begins the process of <br />allocating the available sup- <br />plemental water from the <br />Frying pan-Arkansas Project. <br />In early May of each year, <br />the U.S. Bureau of Reclama- <br />tion estimates the amount of <br />water available for allocation <br />by the Board of Directors <br />based on estimates of spring <br />runoff available for diversion <br />in the Project collection sys- <br />tem. This estimate of alloc- <br />able Fryingpan- Arkansas <br />diversions is the basis for <br />the Project water allocation. <br />The Allocation Committee <br />A <br />C <br />R <br />E <br />F <br />E <br />E <br />T <br />180,000 <br />160,000 <br />140,000 <br />120,000 <br />100,000 <br />80,000 <br />60,000 <br />40,000 <br />20,000 <br />Fryingpan- Arkansas Project Water Allocations 1972 - 2004 <br />N V (O W O N V 0 co O N d' (0 co O N 7 <br />1-- 1� r t` co (0 m (0 OD m 01 m Q) W O O O <br />N m W m O) m O m m m m m W O O O <br />reviews the requests and based upon the Allocation Principles and <br />Policies makes recommendations to the Board. The Board then <br />usually makes the allocation at the May Board meeting. <br />Frying pan-Arkansas Project water is a supplemental source of <br />water for irrigation and domestic use, and can only be allocated to <br />existing eligible water rights. <br />Last Ten Year Project Water Allocations <br />— I— — laao 1UW IUVO IUM, euuu Zuu1 [Vv[ euu-s ZUU4 <br />Year <br />3 <br />According to the District's <br />Allocation Principles 51 per- <br />cent of this allocation is re- <br />served for municipal pur- <br />poses. The remainder is <br />available for irrigation pur- <br />poses. Beginning in 2002, <br />the District's water allocation <br />started taking on a new <br />trend due to the drought. <br />Prior to 2002 municipalities <br />had not requested their full <br />51 percent, which allowed <br />agricultural an allotment <br />above the 49 percent. <br />In 2004 the District allo- <br />cated 13,000 acre -feet of <br />Project water. 0 <br />