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I I I II 1\ I' I I I I I I ,I, I I: I, I' I I ~~nn~nm~rnwf ~fQl@~ , u:~tluuUUJ:LUU~Jjd!.I'~lf' ~ D ., Proposed Water Right Acquisition Boulder Creek and the Blue River Summit County Water RiQhts to be Acquired: Peabody #1 Ditch and Lund EnlargemenUExtension Boulder Creek - Summit County CaseW-1277 Adjud-March2,1910 Approp May 23, 1904 Case W-1520 Adjud - July 5,1916 Approp May 15,1915 Original 5,0 cfs Supplemental (Lund) 3,5 cfs Irrigation Irrigation The Peabody #1 Ditch and Lund Enlargement headgate is located on Boulder Creek, approximately 3 miles upstream from the confluence with the Blue River, Historically, the ditch took water from the north side of Boulder Creek, traversed the hillside, siphoned across Harrigan Creek and Lederman Gulch to irrigate approximately 60 acres of land located on the north side of Lederman Guich (Appendix 1), A tailwater ditch intercepted return flows and carried the water north to a point about Y. upstream of the Blue River-Slate Creek confluence, The return flows did not accrue to the Blue River until approximately 4 miles downstream of the Blue River-Boulder Creek confluence. An engineering report was prepared by Bishop-Brogden in 1995 which indicates the rights total 8,5 cfs and have about 87 AF of consumptive use (Appendix 2). The water rights were historically used for irrigation during May - October. The report also indicates that, due to the proximity of the tailwater ditch to the Blue River, return flows most likely accrued to the stream in the month of diversion, The report will be updated by the Water Trust prior to any water court action, Overview In 2000, the owners of the Peabody rights sold their field to the USFS and the lands were removed from irrigation, The owners retained the water rights, which are now the subject of this transaction. Scott Hummer, District 36 Water Commissioner, has indicated that this is a long, old ditch with a good history of use, It was one of 4 active ditches left on Boulder Creek, The other active ditches are decreed for a total of 16.15 cfs from the creek Existinlllnstream Flow Water RiQhts (Appendix 31 The Board currently holds instream flow water rights on Boulder Creek and the Blue River, Case No. Stream Segment Amount (efs) 5-77W3646 Boulder Creek', headwaters to Blue River 6 (May - Sept) 3 (Oct - April) 78 (March) 90 (April) 125 (May - Aug) 90 (Sept - Oct) 70 (Nov - Feb) 125 (May - Sept) 90 (Oct - Nov) 85 (Dee - Feb) 90 (Mar - April) 5-87CW297 Blue River Boulder Cr to Slate Cr 5-87CW298 Blue River Slate Cr to Green Mountain Approp. Date 1-19-1977 10-2-1987 10-2-1987