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snowmaking water supply to extend the snowmaking season beyond December 31, <br />three options are proposed: <br />1. Provide raw water storage capacity and an alternate water supply that <br />allows storage and snowmaking uses, and supply the snowmaking <br />demands in the extended season entirely through storage releases. <br />2. Obtain a new junior water right to allow for the extended season for <br />snowmaking use through direct flow diversions. A junior water right <br />would not be expected to yield any significant quantities of water in the <br />winter during dry periods. <br />3. Obtain a new junior water right and a replacement water supply such as <br />those available from the Colorado River Water Conservation District <br />(CRWCD) or the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) to allow <br />for the extended season for snowmaking use through direct flow <br />diversions. Physical stream flow limitations in Snowmass Creek may <br />preclude the exchange of water up Snowmass Creek in the subject winter <br />dry periods. <br />It is anticipated that either the diversion under a new junior storage water right or <br />the exchange of water to either or both of the Snowmass Creek Pipeline/East <br />Snowmass and Brush Creek Pipeline would only be possible during spring runoff in a <br />dry year. It is therefore assumed that reservoir water would be stored in the spring and <br />held until the following winter for snowmaking uses. <br />Q:\1200\1257\1257.00.01\061020R SWSD Study\061020R SWSD Study.doc <br />Page 28 <br />