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These limitations were used as the basis for the District's adoption of 7.0 cfs as <br />the Stream Flow Stewardship Goal. It should be noted that under the Trigger Point <br />Agreement, snowmaking diversions between October 15th and December 31 st are <br />exempted from the diversion limitations. An "event" (Snowmass Creek Flow drops <br />below Stream Flow Stewardship Goals), which triggers the conservation measures, does <br />not occur until diversions go below the trigger point flow rate on any: <br />1. 2 consecutive days for a duration of 6 hours or more each day; or <br />2. 3 cumulative non-consecutive days between April 1 st and March 31 st the <br />following year for a duration of 6 hours or more each day. <br />The Trigger Point Agreement requires that the District impose mandatory water <br />conservation on all users if a 7 cfs event occurs and impose a surcharge on all users <br />who exceed their EQR gallon equivalent if a 6 cfs event occurs. <br />Due to the development of this study's model to operate on an average daily <br />basis, low flow events lasting less than one day were not necessarily reflected in the <br />model results. It is assumed that these short-term events can be minimized through <br />daily fluctuations in the treated municipal storage. <br />Stream Flow Stewardship Goals. The District has elected to implement a <br />Stream Flow Stewardship Goal program on Snowmass Creek that will operate to <br />minimize diversions from Snowmass Creek and tributaries during periods of low stream <br />flow. The Stream Flow Stewardship Goal has been established at 7.0 cfs, which will be <br />the minimum stream flow bypassing the District's Snowmass Creek Pump Station <br />diversion below which the District will implement a reduction in the diversions from <br />Snowmass Creek and tributaries. Diversion reductions would be limited to the <br />availability of alternate sources of water to substitute for the diversion reductions. <br />Storage releases will NOT be made to supplement low stream flows to meet the goal. <br />The effective operation of this program will require alternate source(s) of water to meet <br />Page 12 <br />