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Paae Three <br />Water Quality: Hermosa Creek has been designated an Outstanding Water of the State of <br />Colorado by the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, except for the East Fork and its <br />tributaries, which have the next highest water - quality classification. <br />Water Rights: The following water uses occur above the lower USFS Boundary on Hermosa <br />Creek. <br />Primary Use CFS Absolute CFS Conditional' <br />Irrigation 1.72 <br />Stock 0.12 <br />Domestic /Municipal 0.052 3 (Purgatory's Dante's Well) <br />Commercial 0.1352 <br />Instream Flow See prior page <br />Court Actions: USFS Reserved Rights Application in Case W- 1605 -76B3. Negotiations to <br />resolve the case have been extremely limited since 2003. <br />Stream Flow Data: The watershed for the Area is about 172 square miles. A U.S. Geological <br />Survey gauge below the National Forest boundary was in place from October 1920 to October <br />1980. The average low, mean and high flows in Hermosa Creek during that period were 22 cfs, <br />135 cfs and 665 cfs respectively. <br />Transportation: There are several roads open to public use within the Area. <br />Uses Which Require Special Permits: Commercial outfitters, including mountain biking, <br />hunting, skiing and grazing. <br />Reasonably Foreseeable Economic Development: This development includes expansion of <br />the Durango Mountain Resort ( "DMR ") ski area, with a new restaurant proposed at top of DMR <br />Lift #4. The 160 acres of private land is developable. Hydroelectric development is possible <br />due to steep terrain. Additional outfitter permits are anticipated. <br />Potential Water Diversion and Storage Locations: The State Water Supply Initiative <br />( "SWSI ") lists Hermosa Park Reservoir at Cross Creek for potential development for 75,883 <br />acre -feet. <br />Potential Conflicts: To be discussed at public meetings. <br />1 Conditional well rights in the E. Fork Basin: USFS and Durango Mountain Resort ( "DMR ") are still working on <br />plans for potential test wells. As part of a DMR/USFS /CWCB Agreement, DMR will not pursue its decreed <br />conditional storage water rights. CDWR wants water court to recognize this agreement. <br />2 Some of these amounts may overlap if a water right is decreed for more than one purpose. <br />s The case involves whether the USFS is entitled to water rights "reserved" as of the date Congress reserved land for <br />the National Forest for fluvial geomorphological (stream channel maintenance) purposes, and, if so, how much <br />water per stream across USFS land. <br />Contac,s: <br />Sou hweswn 'l xer Conservation District San Juan Cftizens Alliance <br />970- 247 -1302 ex �rar;:_i fr,,nfiF .rte` or 970 -259 -3583 or c a_,n�+rs .'rl° tier s,e: <br />