BOARD00379

• Board Meeting Date: 9/24/2001
• Description: ISF Section - Case Resolution: Case No. 1-94CW290 Buffalo Park Development Co. et al
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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0.1655 cfs of MMRC's pro-rata entitlement to the October 31,
1864 priority decreed to the Warrior Ditch and 0.1149 cfs of
MMRC's pro-rata entitlement to the April 1, 1865 priority
decreed to the Warrior Ditch shall be abandoned to Bear
Creek, upon expiration of the retained jurisdiction in this
Case.

c. MMRC' s Soda Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 Entitlement
(i.e. 8.71 shares):

i. MMRC' s full entitlement to the storage priori ties
decreed to the Soda Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 may be
di verted each year to the extent the storage rights are in
priority. MMRC's storage account in the Soda Lakes system is
limited to 2.18% of the actual storage capacity of the
. system.
ii. All water in MMRC's storage account on November 1
of each year (i.e. the beginning of the storage season), is
available for use as replacement water in plans for
augmentation administered by MMRC, with the exception of
reserved ground and surface water return flows described
herein.

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iii. The unused storage capacity available to MMRC in
the Soda Lakes system at the beginning of each storage season
is determined by the pro-rata storage entitlement available
to 8.71 shares, less the physical carryover in MMRC's account
on the previous October 3~.

iv. Twenty percent of the water stored under the Soda
Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 storage priori ties for the
benefit of MMRC between November 1 and the following May 31
of each water year is reserved for release to Marston
Reservoir through the Harriman Ditch. A request for such a
release must be made by the Denver Water Department on or
before June 30 of the water year in which the water is
stored. The twenty percent figure represents historic ground
water return flows associated with MMRC's entitlement to the
Soda Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 storage rights.

v. Twenty percent of the water stored under the Soda
Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2 storage priori ties for the
benefit of MMRC between June 1 and the following October 31
of each water year is reserved for release to Marston
Reservoir through the Harriman Ditch. A request for such a
release must be made by the Denver Water Department on or
before November 30 of the same calendar year when the water
is stored. The twenty percent figure represents additional
historic delayed ground water return flows associated with
MMRC 1 senti tlement to the Soda Lakes Reservoir Nos. 1 and 2
storage rights.

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vi.

If the Denver Water Department fails to make a
IS