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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
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<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866.3441
<br />FAX: (303) 866-4474
<br />www.cwcb.state.co.us
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<br />MEMORANDUM
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<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
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<br />TO:
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<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
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<br />Greg E. Walcher
<br />Executive Director
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<br />FROM:
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<br />Randy Seaholm, Chief, Water Supply Protection
<br />Vince Prichard, Water Supply Protection Section
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<br />Rod Kuharich
<br />CWCB Director
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<br />Dan McAuliffe
<br />Deputy Director
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<br />DATE: January II, 2002
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<br />SUBJECT: Agenda Item 14e, January 23-24, 2002, Board Meeting-
<br />Colorado River Basin Issues-
<br />Proposed Policy Regarding the Navajo-Gallup Project in New Mexico
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<br />Backl!round
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<br />The Navajo Nation, in cooperation with the U,S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and
<br />the Slate of New Mexico, is in the process of developing the Navajo-Gallup Project. NEP A
<br />compliance was started in January 2000 and a Record of Decision is anticipated in February 2003.
<br />Federal legislation authorizing the project will likely be introduced in January 2002,
<br />The Navajo-Gallup Project would divert 37,764 acre-feet\year (AFWR) from the San Juan
<br />River Basin for domestic and agricultural use on Indian lands in New Mexico and Arizona and
<br />provide a municipal supply for the City of Gallltp (see attached map), The average annual San Juan
<br />River Basin yield is approximately 2,0 million acre-feet (MAF). Of the estimated 37,764 AF\YR of
<br />project diversions, approximately 35,893 AFWR would be consumptively used, Of the 37,764
<br />AFWR of diversions, the City of Gallup would receive 7,500 AFWR and the Jicarilla Apaches
<br />would receive 1,200 AFWR, The City of Gallup and some of the Navajo lands in New Mexico are
<br />located in the Little Colorado River Basin, a Lower Basin tributary of the Colorado River. Also,
<br />some of the Navajo lands served in New Mexico are located in the Rio Grande Basin, Navajo lands
<br />served in Arizona will receive 6,411 AFWR from the project all of which are located in the Little
<br />Colorado River Basin.
<br />Pursuant to the Upper Colorado River Compact, the water apportioned to the Upper Basin
<br />States is allocated as follows:
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<br />Arizona
<br />Colorado
<br />New Mexico
<br />Utah
<br />Wyoming
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<br />50,000 AF\annum
<br />51.75%
<br />11,25%
<br />23,00%
<br />14,00%
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<br />7.5MAF
<br />50,000
<br />3,855,375
<br />838,125
<br />1,713,500
<br />1,043,000
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<br />6,OMAF
<br />50,000
<br />3,079,125
<br />669,375
<br />1,368,500
<br />833,000
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<br />Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
<br />Water Supply Protection. Consclvation and Drought Planning
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