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<br />Final Draft - Preferred Storage Options Plan <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />June 8, 2000 <br /> <br />. Re-operation will not diminish the ability of agricultural users to store <br />water in Project facilities under the Winter Water Storage decree. <br /> <br />. Re-operation will not reduce the flow of the Arkansas River below Pueblo <br />Dam below 100 cfs. <br /> <br />. No injury, as defined under Colorado Water Law, will occur to existing <br />water rights due to re-operation of Proj ect storage space. <br /> <br />The following paragraphs highlight key assumptions used in the model to <br />maintain the integrity of Project operations and protect existing beneficiaries of <br />the Fry-Ark Project. <br /> <br />USBR Contracts <br /> <br />A contract between the District and the USBR was signed on October 23,1981 <br />for repayment of the District's share of the reimbursable cost for project <br />construction. The project has been operated historically to generate revenues <br />from water sales so that the repayment contract can be fulfilled. Future operations <br />mll<t nnt ~ffp"t tnp Oi<!ri"t'< ~hilitv tn rpn~v tnp Tl~HR Oftnp tnt~l ,()~ ,.,~ ~f <br />.----- ---- ------ ...- _.~_.._- ~ -.......-J .- .-r-J U._ ...........~~~. ........ ..-.._ ......_. "''oJ_,...__...... <br />of active Project storage, 159,000 af is municipal carryover space for Project <br />water. The remaining 146,325 af is unallocated Project storage. Non-Project <br />water can be stored in the Project space but must be spilled to accommodate <br />Project water. Under Re-operation Scenario B, the re-operation storage identified <br />to be available by the operations model (48,500 af) would essentially become <br />long-term contract space, available to an entity contractingJor that space. The <br />entity could use its share of the space to store non-Project water. <br /> <br />Project Spill Priorities <br /> <br />Amendment No.4 of the District's Contract with the USSR governs the priority <br />of reservoir spills. Water is evacuated from the project reservoirs in the following <br />order: <br /> <br />I. Water stored under "if-and-when" contracts for entities which will use the <br />water outside of the District boundaries; <br /> <br />2. Water stored under "if-and-when" contracts for entities which will use the <br />water within the District; <br /> <br />J \PROIECTS\99061\Reporu\PTefCTTed SOP Final wpd <br /> <br />3-5 <br /> <br />m GEl Consultants, Inc. <br />