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. INTSTREAM FLOW MITIGATION PLAN BASALT WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT CASE NO. 01CW305 AND 02CW77 1.0 INTRODUCTION . In Case Nos. 01CW305 and 02CW77 , the Basalt Water Conservancy District (BWCD) filed water court applications for Change of Water Rights and Approval of Plan for Augmentation, Including Appropriative Rights of Exchange. The two applications were made in support of the BWCD's on-going "Operating Plan" that provides dependable legal water supplies to numerous water contractees located in portions of the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan River basins above Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Under the Plan, water allotment contractees rely on releases from various reservoirs and direct flow water rights owned or controlled by the BWCD to augment directly or by exchange, their individual domestic water systems and other beneficial uses. The BWCD's Operating Plan has been in existence since 1982. Figure 1 displays the BWCD's entire service area. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) filed Statements of Opposition to both of the above-referenced water court applications claiming potential injury to various instream flow water rights in the Roaring Fork basin. Contractees within this "upper" reach are augmented by exchange since the BWCD's various direct flow and storage rights accrue to the Roaring Fork River at or below its confluence with the Fryingpan River. At issue is whether adequate exchange capacity exists in the "upper" Roaring Fork River above its confluence with the Fryingpan River to support the BWCD appropriative exchanges in that reach. Figure 2 highlights the "upper" Roaring Fork River exchange reach at issue in these cases. Attachment 1 provides an aerial exhibit of the same area 1.1 Case No. 01 CW305 Case No. 01 CW305 proposes an augmentation and exchange plan that will provide a . le9al water supply for approximately 120 additional water contract users in the District 3