PUB00047

• Year: 2000
• Title: SECWD/Arkansas Basin Preferred Storage Options Plan Final Draft Report
• Author: GEI Consultants, Inc
• Description: SECWD/Arkansas Basin Preferred Storage Options Plan Final Draft Report
• Publications - Doc Type: Water Resource Studies

Final Draft - Preferred Storage Options Plan
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District
June 8, 2000

Pueblo. These entities currently have storage allocations in the Project Model results
indicate that these entities could meet between 50 and 100 percent of their storage needs
from within the re-operation space. For planning, the following allocations were used,
based on a re-operation space of 48,500 af and assuming 57 percent of the total storage
need for each entity, except for CSU, could be provided by re-operation:

Amount of Re-operation Storage
(AF)
CSU 19,000
FVA (excluding CSU) 12,600
Pueblo Board of Water Works 11,400
SI. Charles Mesa Water District 2,100
City of Florence 1,300
Other Entities West of Pueblo 2,100
Total 48,500 af

The allocations of re-operation space could change during suhsequent phases of p!a!ming
and implementation. However, the total identified storage need for District entities far
exceeds the available re-operation space. Because re-operation space will be the least
costly storage available to District entities, it most likely will be used to the fullest extent
possible by those entities with Project storage allocations who need more storage
capacity.

3.3.1.4 Policy/Institutional Issues Associated With Re-operation

There are a myriad of policy, institutional, and legal issues that will need to be
successfully addressed in order to implement Re-operation Scenario B. To the maximum
extent possible, the operations model logic and constraints were tailored to address the
operating policies and procedures and Allocation Principles that form the basis for
successfully operating the Fry-Ark Project to meet its authorized objectives. Guiding
principles for project planning and simulation model development in this regard include:

. Re-operation will not affect the yield of the Project from its West Slope
and East Slope water rights.

. Re-operation will not increase West Slope diversions beyond those to
which the Project and other participating entities are legally entitled.

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