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<br />Final Draft - Preferred Storage Options Plan <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />June 8, 2000 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF AGRICULTURAL WATER USE <br />IN SECWCD <br />(1986 -1995) <br /> <br /> Average Year "Wet" Year (1995) "Dry Year" (1991) <br />Source of Supply (at) (%) (at) (%) (at) (%) <br />Direct Flow 594,053 71.4% 856,119 85.8% 455,719 64.8% <br />Fry-Ark Project 32,268 5,562 40,697 <br />Winter Water at Pueblo 31,010 9,540 40,546 <br />Reservoir <br />Other Transmountain(l) 22.443 13,530 16,894 <br />Other Storage 73,981 57,016 53,633 <br /> Subtotal 159,702 19.2% 85,648 8.6% 151,770 21.6% <br />Well Pumping 78,820 9.5% 55,507 5.6% 95,398 13.6% <br /> Total 832,575 100.0% 997,274 100.0% 702,887 100.0% <br /> <br />Note: <br />"l <br /> <br />Data are from a variety of sources, including the Colorado SED, USGS, and others. <br />This water is leased from M&I users and is iikely not to be available in the future. <br /> <br />2.3 <br /> <br />Ability of the Fry-Ark Project to Meet Future Water Demands <br /> <br />The Fry-Ark Project provides supplemental water for municipal and agricultural water users in <br />the District. To date, municipal entities in the District have not needed their full Fry-Ark Project <br />entitlements, which total 51 percent of the Project yield, or approximately 41 ,000 af, on average. <br />As population grows within the District, municipal entities (particularly CSU and the other <br />Fountain Valley entities) will increase their use of Fry-Ark water. As municipal use of Project <br />water increases, there will be less Project water available to allocate to agricultural users. Project <br />water currently not used by the municipal entities is available for agricultural use. Projections <br />indicate that most of the municipal entities wiIl be using their full Project allocation by the year <br />2020. <br /> <br />4> GEl Consultants, Inc, <br /> <br />2-8 <br /> <br />J:\PROJECTS\9906I\RcporuIPrefm-ed SOP Final wpd <br />