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<br />. <br /> <br />Grandby Water Supply System <br />Wolford Mountain Reservoir (Ritchard Dam) <br /> <br />405,000 <br />16,256,000 <br /> <br />The Office of Water Conservation has planned to assist the county with their water conservation and drought plans. <br /> <br />Instream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total 423 miles and 106 stream segments. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Note: In reference to Instream Flow Water Rights, information listed above may not be inclusive of all water rights <br />in a given county since a stream segment may start in one county and end in another. <br /> <br />This county has two Designated Floodplain Studies affecting ten stream reaches, This county does not participate <br />in the National Flood Insurance Program, The town of Fraser may received the first Flood Insurance Study in the <br />county, <br /> <br />GUNNISON COUNTY <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and Division of Water Resources (DWR) <br />Peter Evans, CWCB Director Wayne Schieldt <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 721 1540 East Niagra <br />Denver, CO 80203 P.O, Box 456 <br />(303) 866-3441 Montrose, CO 81401 <br />(970) 249 -6622 <br /> <br />Gunnison County is located in the Gunnison (95%) and Colorado Mainstream (5% North) Basins, The county is <br />covered by the Colorado River Decision Support System (CROSS), the Recovery Implementation Program for <br />Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin, and the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br />Program, The Colorado River Storage Projects Aspinall Unit is located here (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point and Crystal <br />Reservoirs). The Colorado and Upper Colorado River Compacts, and the Black Canyon of the Gunnison Nation <br />Monument's Reserved Water Right affect it. The Proposed Union Park Reservoir Project is also located near Taylor <br />Park Reservoir. The county is also seeking formal confirmation of the 60,000 AF subordination of the Aspinall <br />rights to upstream in-basis development. The Aspinall unit is also undergoing a section 7 consultation pursuant to <br />the Endangered Species Act, <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />In this county there is one loan from the CWCB Construction Fund, which has been completed in the amount of <br />$373,000, <br /> <br />Water Project Construction Loan Program - Completed Projects by CWCB through FY 1999 <br />Proiect Name Amount Loaned <br />Beaver Creek Dam Rehabilitation $373,000 <br /> <br />The Office of Water Conservation has planned to assist the county with their water conservation and drought plans, <br /> <br />Instream Flow Water Rights appropriated exclusively in this county total 1012 miles and 177 stream segments. <br />Staffis currently working on 1998 lnstream Flow Appropriations in this county, <br /> <br />The CWCB has installed a staff gage on Ohio Creek to monitor instream flow water rights, This staff gage was <br />installed as part of the "Adopt an Iustream Flow Program" - a pilot project that involves monitoring instream flow <br />rights with help from Colorado Trout Unlimited and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, <br /> <br />Note: In reference to Instream Flow Water Rights, information listed above may not be inclusive of all water rights <br />in a given county since a stream segment may start in one county and end in another. <br /> <br />This county has four Designated Floodplain Studies affecting six stream reaches, In regard to Flood Mitigation, one <br />new flood plan study was completed on the Tomichi Creek. They also participate in the National Flood Insurance <br />Program, <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />e <br />