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<br />50% funding for the recommended improvements through the Colorado Water Conservation Board. <br />The recommended improvements and betterments were projected to cost $2,700,000 and consist of <br />the projects outlined in Table A3.1 of Appendix 3. Although the Fort Lyon stockholders did not <br />approve the company's matching share (Annual Reports 1984) some of the improvements were <br />constructed. These include the Thurston pumping plant, headgate improvements and cleaning and <br />shaping the Fort Lyon Storage Canal. Maintenance projects are ongoing in accordance with the <br />funding levels provided by the annual assessments. However, the Canal system continues to need <br />considerable rehabilitation and repair. <br /> <br />3.3 Water Ril!hts and Water Storal!e <br /> <br />The Fl. Lyon Canal Company has direct flow water rights which allow a total diversion of 933 cfs <br />as outlined below. <br /> <br />Table 3.1 Fl. Lyon Canal Company Direct Flow Water Rights <br />Priority Date Amount <br /> cfs <br />April 15, 1884 164.64 <br />March 1, 1887 597.16 <br />August 31, 1893 171.20 <br />Total direct flow water rights 933.00 cfs <br /> <br />The direct flow water rights are subject to delivery of approximately 16 cfs, free of any assessments <br />or charges, as a result of the acquisition by the company of the right of way in 1883. These water <br />rights are delivered for agricultural use in the La Junta Division (Schuyler 1910). <br /> <br />Horse Creek Reservoir has a total decreed capacity of 28,000 acre-feet from the Arkansas River <br />through the Ft. Lyon Storage Canal or from Horse Creek. The decreed rights are presented in <br />Table 3.2. <br /> <br />3-3 <br />