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<br />AVAILABLE WATER' SUPPLIES <br /> <br />The City of Grand Junction has always tried to ,maintain an <br /> <br /> <br />adequate, high quality, water supply for its customers. During the <br /> <br />last 40 years, the City has acquired numerous water rights in <br /> <br />reservoirs, lakes and streams. <br /> <br />SOURCES OF MUNICIPAL WATER <br /> <br />,Water available through absloute water rights, dIrect flows. reservoir storage., <br />or purchase rontracts: . <br /> <br /> 16,000.00 <br /> 14,000,00 <br />~ 12,000,00 <br />'" <br />~ 10,000.00 <br />~ <br />Q) <br />a. <br />Q5 8,000.00 <br />Q) <br />u.. 6,000,00 <br />~ <br /><( 4,000.00 <br /> 2,000,00 <br /> 0.00 Normal Period <br /> <br /> <br />Drought Period <br /> <br />Il!m Kannah Creek/North Fork <br />Whitewater Creek <br /> <br />1111/ Clifton Contract <br />lIIII Gunnison River <br /> <br />The above graph shows only absolute water rights and does not <br /> <br /> <br />include conditional water rights on the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. <br /> <br />The City's Colorado River water right is shown in part, through the <br /> <br />Clifton Contract. <br /> <br />Based on projected trend analysis of future water demand and <br /> <br />estimates of water resources available during a drought, the City will <br /> <br />have enough water to satisfy its customers. Growth within the City of <br /> <br />Grand Junction water system has been minimal over the last few decades <br /> <br />16 <br />