PUB00105

• Year: 1999
• Title: Conference Proceedings: 24th Annual Gunnison Water Workshop
• CWCB Section: Administration
• Description: Theme of the workshop was Garden of Dreams v. High-Desert Reality
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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3. During the winter storage season (Nov. 1 - Mar. 31) Colorado may demand
releases of water equivalent to the river flow not to exceed 100 c.f.s.

4. During the summer storage season (Apr. 1 - Oct. 31) Colorado may demand
releases of water equivalent to the river flow not to exceed 500 c.f.s., and
Kansas may demand releases of water equivalent to that portion of the river
flow between 500 c.f.s and 750 c.f.s.

5. During the summer storage season, water in storage may be released upon
demand by Colorado and Kansas concurrently or separately in amounts
dependent upon the magnitude of the storage. With a concurrent demand,
Colorado is entitled to 60% of the release and Kansas 40%.

Nebraska v. Wyoming, 325 U.S. 589 (1954).

I. Divides the waters of the North Platte River between Colorado, Wyoming,
and Nebraska.

2. Colorado may irrigate up to 145,000 acres of land in Jackson County,
Colorado, during anyone irrigation season and may store up to 17,000 AF of
water for irrigation purposes during the water year. Colorado may also
export up to 60,000 AF of water in any period often consecutive years from
the basin of the North Platte River.

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Wyoming v. Colorado, 383 US. 953 (1957).

I. Allocates to Colorado water users the right to divert from the Laramie River
and its tributaries 49,375 AF of water in each calendar year. Only 29,500 AF
may be used within the drainage basin of the Laramie River and 19,875 AF
can be diverted for use outside the Laramie River Basin.

2. Wyoming users have the right to divert and use all remaining water in the
Laramie River and its tributaries after Colorado's diversions.

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Colorado v. New Mexico, 467 U.S. 310 (1984). Allocates 100% of water in the
Vermejo River to water users in New Mexico.

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