Animas-La Plata Water Rights

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR LA PLATA COUN
STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL ) CIVIL ACTION 1751 -B
ADJUDICATION OF RIGHTS TO THE USE )
OF WATER IN WATER DISTRICT NO. 30, )
IRRIGATION DISTRICT NU- BER 7, RIO ) STATEMENT OF CLAIM
LAS ANIMAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THE )
STATE OF COLORADO )
THE SOUTHWESTERN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, for the
purpose of obtaining the benefits of the Statutes of the State of Colorado
relative to the adjudication of water rights, respectfully shows the court:
1. NAME. AND ADDRESS OF CLAIMANT, The Southwestern Water
Conservation District, whose address is La Plata County Court House, 1060
Second Avenue, Durango.., is the claimant of such water rights,
2, DITCH, RESERVOIR AND OTHER STRUCTURES. Major structures
of the Animas -La Plata Project, a participating project of the Colorado River
Storage Project, for which this claim is made, include the following:
a. HOWARDSVILLE RESERVOIR is formed by Howardsville Dam
located on the Animas River about 2 mites upstream from the town of Silverton.
The dam is a rolled -earth and rock -fill structure, about 1300 feet long with a
crest width of 30 feet, The reservoir will have a total capacity of 93,700 acre -
feet, of which 90, 700 acre -feet will be active capacity. The reservoir is located
In an unsurveyed portion of the Public Domain which, if surveyed section lines
were extended into the area, would probably be in Sections 29, 30 and 31, Town-
ship 42 North, Range 6 West; Section 36, Township 42 North, Range 7 West;
Section 6, Township 41 North, Range 6 West; Sections 1, 11 and 12, Township 41