BOARD01169 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

, e Glenn Porzak, Esq. January 20, 2004 Page 3 by reservoir release, the proposed water right for the Boating Park will not have any Impact on this Instream flow water right. In conclusion, the proposed water right for the Boating Park would not have any impact on existing or proposed instream flow water rights. e- Colorado River Comoact. The State of Colorado is a signatory state in two major interstate compacts relating to the Colorado River. The Colorado River Compact allocates the water of the Colorado. River basin between the upper basin states (Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico) and the lower basin states (Nevada, Arizona, .and California). The Upper Colorado River Compact allocates the upper basin states' entitlement among the upper basin states. The Upper Colorado River Compact specifically requires a minimum delivery by .Colorado from the Yampa River of 5,000,000 acre-feet in any ten years as measured at the Maybell Gaging Station. On an average annual basis, the Compact delivery requirement is 500,000 acre-feet (5,000,000 ac-ft + 10 'f'ars). The recreational use of the streamflow at the Boating Park is non-consumptive; therefore, it does not consume any of the water available to Colorado under its compact entitlement, As described above, the drainage basin upstream of the Boating Park is 594 square miles, or 17.4 per~ent of the 3,410 square mile Yampa River drainage basin above the Maybell Gaging Station, The average annual flow at the Boating Park is approximately 372,200 acre-feet, or 32.1 percent of the 1,159,200 acre-feet at the Maybell Gaging Station. Therefore, the largest portion of the Yampa River drainage basin and the largest portion of the available water production occur downstream from the Boating Park water right. Approximately 97 miles of river and 2,816 square miles . of drainage basin separate the Boating Park right and the Maybell Gaging. Station, providing ample opportunity for future development of water resources within Colorado. e Upstream Water RiQhts. The average annual flow of the Yampa River diverted pursuant to the Boating Park water right would be approximately 104,900 acre-feet.