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<br />:-~CM <br /> <br />uc;::!...;c:; <br /> <br />-=':';1 "'-I:'. <br /> <br />'=7f2 <br /> <br />- ~. <br />-=....... <br /> <br />~3r. <br /> <br />- ~~E~ ~4;~cF~ P5 <br /> <br />Tay~or ?o.rk R~ser'/oir provides additional w3.te:- si...:.ppiie~ to Uncom;Ja~gr~ ?:--ojec! <br />1. . . P r' .~~. or 'h~ R~..l"~....c~"" the <br />l;:t..r..ds ar:e hc~os a..eV'.ate water $;10r:ages. "Jrsu~ ~O L~~ ....s ..... 1...0 .. ..........u....~.1.... 1... .."""'\,.....~ .. <br />Cr:comcai:!!re Valley Water L"ser3 Associmior: (UVWuA) is rh<: local prajec: spomor for <br />the T '~,'c~m-o"'-"'~? 'P-,oie'" \Vare~ Ri",,::s for Taylor Pack Reser-lair ar~ held bv <br />. w...u....<..l....._.~ ...... ='~. .. <br />Reclan:a:io~. T:1e C\r\vuA operates Taylor P:.d; Dan: ;:lUrsuant to cor::~ac: \Io1:h <br />Re:.:l;J.1I::1.:ic:: ca:e;:: December 13, 1948. <br /> <br />Blue Mesa Reservoir was ::\1.:!honzed by the Colorado River Storage Project Act of <br />April 11. 1956(PL 435, 84th Cong:-ess, 70 Stat. 105). It was c::mstruc:ed between 1962 and <br />1966 by Recla..'11ation as 'Dart of the Aspinall Unir (formerly Curecanti), a primary unit of <br />the Colorado River Stor~ge Project. Water rights for the Aspinall Unir were originally <br />acquired by the Colorado River Water Conservation District. Most of these water rights <br />were conveyed to Reclamation prior to initiating construction. <br /> <br />Recognizing opportunities to improve water deliveries to project lands from the <br />Gunnison Tunnel, the UVWUA and Reclamation entered in to a Reservoir Storage <br />E.,>change Agreement on August 21, 1972 The 1972 agreement demonstrated there were <br />also opportunities to enhance recreation and fishery resources between Taylor Park Dam <br />and Blue Mesa Reservoir and to generally provide better utilization and management of the <br />water resources throughout the basin. In order to accomplish these additional objectives, <br />Reclamation and the UVWUA agreed to revise the 1972 agreement and entered in to the <br />August 28, 1975 'Taylor Park Reservoir Operation and Storage Exchange Agreement." <br />adding the Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD), and the Upper <br />Gunnison River Water Conservancy District (UGRWCD) to the agreement. <br /> <br />We would be happy to provide you with copies of these two agreements, if you <br />prefer. but the following su=ary of significant provisions may suffice for now. Paragraph <br />1 of the 1975 agreement provided for the exchange of water between Taylor Park Reservoir <br />and Blue Mesa Reservoir. Paragraphs 2-4 address and set forth accounting principles for <br />that exchange, while Paragraph 5 assures the Uncompahgre Project purposes are met first. <br />Paragraph 6 continues UVWUA operation and maintenance of the project and establishes <br />annual payments (54000) to be made to UVWUA by the CRWCD and UGRWCD. <br />Paragraph 7 talks about coordination. Paragraph 8 allows the UGRWCD to apply for water <br />rights above Taylor Park Reservoir and for operations at Taylor Park Reservoir to assist the <br />UGRWCD in utilizing any such water rights obtained. Paragraph 9 allows the UGRWCD <br />to acquire water in Blue Mesa Reservoir and to exchange that water for water in Taylor <br />Park Reservoir consistent with the above. Paragraph 10 requires consent of all parties to <br />sell water from Taylor Park Reservoir. Paragraph 11 subjects the contract to the Colorado <br />P.:vec ~"':::-'act and the "Law of the River." Paragrap':s 12-16 deal with actions of officials <br />. -- . , <br />notices. termination and successors. Para!ITaoh 17 terminares rhe 1972 aoreemenL This <br />" . ':> <br />agreement was especially significant in 1975 because it represented a way to institutionalize <br />an exchange (The statutory provisions for adjudicating an exchange where enacted by SB-3 <br />in 1981). <br /> <br />2 <br />