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<br />. <br /> <br />UPPEI< G1P.\'NIS0~ RIVER WA1FR CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br />.\1iligatino Propo!ial <br />Page 4 of 10 pages <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />Uopcr Gunnison District's Response to tht: Need <br /> <br />I. Acqw.wum u/A1eruJlI.Jn I,uke. <br /> <br />The Upper Gunmson DIstrict has been exploring the feasibility of acquiring sources of <br />replacement water for augmentation of domestic and other wells for many years. Begmning in <br />1998, Meridian Lake Reservoir became the focus of the District's etTorts because of its location near <br />the head of the Slate River, upstream from the area where an acute need for augmentation had <br />developed <br /> <br />Meridian lake Reservoir(kno\\TI locally as Long Lake) is located in a natural drainage basin <br />about 200 feet above Washington Gulch. \....hich is a tributary of the Slate River. (See Figure I). It <br />is currently o\I,ned by John L. Rozman, Sr., whose family constructed the original dam in 1902 to <br />provide late-season supplemental irrigation \\o'ater to their ranch above Washington Gulch. Based <br />on a sounding survey conducted by the District, the reservoir has an actJve capacity of <br />approximately 407 acre. feet, only a portion of which can be utilized through the existing outlet <br />\'..orks. Releases of water from Meridian Lake Reservoir flow into Washington Gulch, then to the <br />Slate River. East River and the Gunnison River. (See FIGURE 3.) In its pa'\sage down Washington <br />Gulch, the water must pass through Meridian Lake Park Reservoir No.1. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />.\ferrdlOlI Lake Resl!rv()Ir (on 1he IcjO looktng Nor1h. .\ferrdum Lake Park <br />Re.\'l'rl'Olr No, I IS on 1he rrght <br />