BOARD00245

• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/1991
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

i.

!

e

.

e

COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
Department of Natural Resources
721 State Centennial Building
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]

STATE OF COLORADO
o

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Members, CWCB

FROM: Dan Merriman

DATE: September 12, 1991

Rov Romer
Governor
David w. Walker
Director

SUBJECf: Agenda Item 19b, September 19-20, 1991, Board Meeting--
Statements of Opposition: Instream Flow Prograrn
Case No. 4-91CW049; Mt. Crested Butte Water & Sanitation District

Application Summary

The applicant requests approval of a plan for augmentation and appropriative right
of exchange "in order to fully augment and provide replacement water for all otherwise out-
of-priority depletions by the District at ultimate buildout." This plan affects segments of the
Gunnison River, East River, Slate River and Washington Gulch near Crested Butte in
Gunnison County (see attached rnap). During the irrigation season, applicant proposes to
divert water at the East River Pump Station by exchange with downstrearn senior irrigation
rights. Non-irrigation season diversions from the East River will be replaced by pumping
water frorn North Village Reservoir. Applicant intends to replace depletions to the
Washington Gulch/State River drainage either directly or by exchange with credits from
East River return flows.

The Board holds the following instream flow decrees which may be injured by this
application:

Case No.

CWCB Appropriation

Strearn

4-83CW226
4-83CW230
4-83CW228
4-80CW92
4-80CW94

East River
East River
East River
Slate River
Washington Gulch

Amount (cis)
25/15
10
50/27
23/12
2.5

Approp. Date
6/3/1982
6/3/1982
6/3/1982
3/17/1980
3-17-1980