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<br />The Fort Lyon Canal Company as a part of the winter water storage program may also store its <br />water rights in Pueblo Reservoir, John Martin Reservoir or other off-stream storage facilities owned <br />by the winter storage program applicants. <br /> <br />Fort Lyon's storage in John Martin Reservoir is authorized under Section I1IB of the 1980 Operating <br />Plan for John Martin Reservoir. Ft. Lyon may store up to 20,000 acre feet of water in John Martin <br />for agricultural purposes under the Pueblo winter storage plan and may use water in this account <br />for exchange with existing priorities. In the event the water is not used by the end of each compact <br />year (October 31) the water becomes conservation storage which accrues to Colorado Water District <br />67 ditches or the State of Kansas (Arkansas River Compact Administration 1980). <br /> <br />As a result of its contract with Amity, Fort Lyon receives 5,483 acre feet of water from Queen <br />Reservoir. In recent years a portion of the Fort Lyon 5,483 acre feet has been delivered to the Ft. <br />Lyon Section III account in John Martin Reservoir where is has been used by exchange (Colorado <br />Division of Wildlife 1993). <br /> <br />The Ft. Lyon System also receives supplemental irrigation water supplies from the Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas (Fry-Ark) project operated by the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. Ft. <br />Lyon Fry-Ark allocations are presented in Table 3.4. <br /> <br />Table 3.4 Fort Lyon Canal Company Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Allocations <br /> (acre-feet) <br />1972-82 1983-87 1988 1989 1990 1991 <br />63,871 0 28,000 45,600 15,040 22,560 <br />Source: Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, 1991 Annual Report <br /> <br />3.4 Ooerations <br /> <br />As a mutual irrigation company, water is delivered in proportion to share ownership into 365 <br />stockholder headgates distributed along the length of the canal. The canal company is divided <br />into five divisions and delivers water on a rotational basis. The five divisions of the company are <br />shown on Figure 3.1 and include the La Junta Division, which begins at the headgate and extends <br />to Gate 21D; the Horse Creek Division, which extends to Gate 77; the Las Animas Division, <br />which extends to Gate 149; the Limestone Division, which extends through Gate 202D; and the <br />Lamar Division, which extends through Gate 259 (Rules and Regulations, December 1983). <br /> <br />3-5 <br />