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<br />arising from the construction, operation and maintenance by the United States of John Martin <br />reservoir project for water conservation purposes." Any transfer of Ft. Lyon water rights must not <br />be inconsistent with the provisions of the Arkansas River Compact. (C.R.S. 37-39-101, Art I, B) <br /> <br />2.5 Historical Water Transfers - Arkansas River Valley <br /> <br />Water transfers have been numerous in the Arkansas Valley. This section describes significant water <br />transfers in the region between Pueblo and the Kansas state line. Appendix 2.2 includes details of <br />water rights transferred to non-agricultural uses. This section does not include transfers for the same <br />agricultural use (generally by the same owner) i.e. the Pueblo Reservoir Winter Storage Case, <br />Colorado Canal and Holbrook historic exchanges, Ft. Lyon winter storage case, Amity Great Plains <br />transfer to John Martin Reservoir, Las Animas storage in John Martin Reservoir, Town Ditch move <br />upstream, changes of diversion points to wells by the Sisson, Hyde, Manvel, and Graham Ditches, <br />and diversion from the Lamar Power Plant by the Lamar Canal Company. These ag-to-ag transfers <br />illustrate that agricultural users have continuously improved their own uses of water by changing <br />diversion points, using exchanges, locating storage, consolidating ditches, trading water rights, and <br />cooperatively managing water since the ditches were first constructed in the late nineteenth century. <br />The most cost effective water management improvements were recognized and implemented by <br />irrigators years ago. <br /> <br />The following water transfers out of agriculture are of record for the Lower Arkansas River Basin: <br /> <br />1. Bessemer Ditch to St Charles Mesa Water District <br />2. Hamp-Bell Ditch to Valco cement <br />3. West Pueblo Ditch to Pueblo Board of Waterworks <br />4. Booth-Orchard Grove Ditch to Pueblo Board of Waterworks <br />5. Zoeller Ditch to St Charles Mesa Water District <br />6. Twin Lakes Reservoir Co. to Aurora, Colorado Springs, Pueblo Board of <br />Waterworks, and Pueblo West Metropolitan District and to a minor extent towns <br />near the historically irrigated lands <br />7. Colorado Canal to Colorado Springs and Aurora <br />8. Busk Ivanhoe System to Pueblo Board of Water Works and Aurora <br />9. Clear Creek Reservoir and Ewing, Wurtz and Columbine Ditches to Pueblo Board <br />of Waterworks <br />10. Catlin Canal to Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />11. Rocky Ford Ditch to Aurora <br />12. Las Animas Consolidated and Extension Ditches to Public Service Company of <br />Colorado <br />13. Ft. Bent Ditch to Lamar <br /> <br />Development of information about the historical transfers is helpful in identifying potential issues <br />and understanding any trends which may exist in the condition of irrigated agriculture in the lower <br />Arkansas River Valley. An attempt was made to assess the following types of impacts: <br /> <br />2-12 <br />