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<br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Water Commissioner Interview <br /> <br />Walt Clotworthy has been the Water Commissioner on Tennessee Creek since <br /> <br /> <br />1985. In a phone interview, Mr. Clotworthy confirmed that generally all of the <br /> <br /> <br />streamflow is diverted into the Lucas Ditch and the Martin Holm Ditch from mid summer <br /> <br />until September of most years. These ditches divert water from Tennessee Creek on <br />Eagle Sky Foundation property upstream of East Tennessee Creek. The Lucas Ditch has <br />a relatively senior water right in the amount of 15 cfs and the Martin Holm has a more <br />junior water right in the amount of four cfs. According to Mr. Clotworthy, there is <br />usually insufficient water in Tennessee Creek to meet the requirements of these ditches <br />from mid-summer until the ditches are closed in September. A small amount of <br />streamflow, as much as 2 cfs, may leak past the diversion structures, providing a small <br />flow in Tennessee Creek downstream of these ditches. Accordingly, less than two cfs <br />is available for appropriation in this reach of Tennessee Creek from mid summer until <br />the end of the irrigation season. <br /> <br />Streamflow Measurements <br /> <br />Streamflow measurements were made by CWCB and DeW staff on November <br /> <br /> <br />22 and by Wheeler staff on December 2. These streamflow measurements are <br /> <br /> <br />summarized below: <br /> <br /> TENNESSEE CREEK TENNESSEE CREEK <br /> ABOVE BELOW <br /> E. TENNESSEE CREEK E. TENNESSEE CREEK E. TENNESSEE CREEK <br />CWCB Stall <br />(November 22) 4.34 cis 6.87 cis m <br />Wheeler <br />(December 2) 4.52 cis 8.86 cis 2.25 cis <br /> <br />It is noted that the CWCB and DeW staff also made a measurement on East Tennessee <br />Creek of 0.48 cfs. However, the point measured was downstream of an irrigation <br />diversion of roughly 1.5 cfs by the East Tennessee Creek Ditch. Accordingly, this <br /> <br />2 <br />