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<br />/'" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Bud and Betty Chess <br />5005 Fremont Conty Road 9 <br />Canon City, CO 81212 <br /> <br />November 15, 1998 <br /> <br />REC!2!VEO <br />NOV 111998 <br />Co CoIo.ado Water <br />nselVaDOIIBoatd <br /> <br />Minimum Stream Flow Section <br />CO Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />'. . <br />. "" . . <br />Gentlemen, and Ladies'of the Board, <br /> <br />.. . . . . <br /> <br />We were present a~ the ROl't;i;lnterbury.Ranch on ,November. 9, .IQ98, <br />to hearyourexplanation.for.plans consideringcm~nim~m,str~am flow <br />for a segment of ,Four Mile Creek based .upon the request ,of the <br />Dureau of .Land Miinagment for a minimum,fltlw of"13cfS. <br /> <br />.... ... <br />.'. <br /> <br />, ~ <br /> <br />Iny~ur <br />average <br /> <br />",;; : <br />calcuiations to come up with an <br /> <br />flow of 13 cfs there surely are <br /> <br />'. <br />, <br /> <br />'. , ~ - -, . <br />entire available <br />discrepancies. <br /> <br />total <br /> <br />( <br />r- <br /> <br />Using:rain gauges~outside the drainage area does not seem to be <br />a.fair '.means :of .heiping to calculate minimwn average flow. <br />.,-. ".. . <br /> <br />Five years of ,recording -is .not usually sufficiemt'time toestat>lish <br />an average. Ordinaril'l''' a 10 year s~an is used to determine a gOud <br />average. .. ':." ':.. ' <br /> <br />fhe.true minimum flow seemed to be missing when the staff recommended <br />the entire available average flow be claimed. If' you are sincere <br />ab~out::just':,the"amount of water necessary to supply beneficial llse <br />for.population maintenance of the fish, then that should be in <br />defini te"'wording:.instead of any thoughts toward claiming more <br />flow:. .;..~. -:. ~~';:~i:y :~~. '-"'~~"'!:::::< . <br /> <br />'r <br />i' <br />> <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />For many years we Four Mile Water Users know that the fish are <br />surviving under the present conditions, the vegetation is healthy, <br />and therefore we do not see a necessity for excessive stream~ flow <br />to be claimed. <br /> <br />In your plan which you spoke of, there would be a continuous <br />gauge on stream flow as of the date of the minimum stream flow <br />decree, putting restrictions on any process that would reduce <br />flow in the section of Four Mile Creek you have designated with <br />th2 existing diversion practices. If it takes about 21 cfs of <br />'.ater to satisfy the most senior water rights, part of the 21 cfs <br />is made from return flow. We need to know that all of this is <br />being considered upstream also. <br />