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<br />Il!:l UUoJ' uu~ <br /> <br />. <br />1 <br /> <br />Agreement For The Interim Provislon Of Water <br />To The 15-Mife Reach Of The Colorado River <br />Page 2 ot8 <br /> <br />, <br />; <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />G. Denver Water has a demonstrated need for the entire capacity and yield of its <br />reservoirs for municipal purposes. Based upon recent estimates of demand, <br />Denver Water has determined that for an interim period of 10 years water is <br />available to be released from its reservoirs to meet the needs described in this <br />agreement. <br />H. In a letter to Ralph Morgenweck dated September 16, 1998, the Colorado <br />water users described a, "[c]ontingent agreement on a plan for providing the <br />10,825 acre-feet of water for the fish that the Service identified as being <br />needed to offset the impacts of the Category 1 depletions." The plan defined <br />an interim solution and a permanent solution for providing the 10,825 acre- <br />feet of water. This agreement only addresses the interim solution and does <br />not modify the water users' commitment to provide the permanent solution for <br />the 10,825 acre-feet of water. <br /> <br />II. Agreements <br /> <br />A. Rights and Responsibilities of the River District <br /> <br />1. The River District will provide 5,412.5 acre-feet of water per year on behalf e <br />of the Western Slope beneficiaries of the PBO. The River District's <br />primary sources of water will be Wolford Mountain Reservoir (West Slope <br />pool) and any unused Ruedi contract water which the River District or <br />other Western Slope parties may have available. Other sources may be <br />used from time to time. <br />2. The River District will retain the ability to use existing water rights and <br />priority dates to refill the space in reservoirs vacated by the release of the <br />5,412.5 acre-feet of water. <br />3. Compensation of the River District by Western Slope beneficiaries of the <br />PBO will be resolved among those parties, as appropriate. <br /> <br />B. Rights and Responsibilities of Denver Water <br /> <br />1. Denver Water will provide 5,412.5 acre-feet of water per year for delivery <br />to the 15-Mile Reach on behalf of the Eastern Slope beneficiaries of the <br />PBO. Denver Water's primary source of water will be Williams Fork <br />Reservoir. Denver Water may also use Wolford Mountain Reservoir <br />(Denver Water's pool), Dillon Reservoir, Homestake Reservoir, and other <br />sources from time to time, as necessary, to provide the 5,412.5 acre-feet. <br />Use of Wolford Mountain Reservoir will not exceed the hydrologic <br />limitations on Denver Water's use contained in the federal and local e <br />approvals for the reservoir including the Bureau of Land Management's <br />