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. . Districts Cut Deliveries: The Grand Valley Irrigation Co. and Orchard Mesa Irrigation District have announced that they will voluntarily cut their deliveries from Green Mountain Reservoir because they fear their supply would run out before final deliveries to winter wheat and fall barley fields. Denver Water Transfers Water: Under a long-standing agreement with the federal government, Denver Water must make up the difference whenever the federally-owned Green Mountain Reservoir doesn't have enough water. This fall, the amount it owes is 26,439 acre feet of water, an amount equal to almost 10 percent of what Denver Water uses each year. After the water is transferred Denver Water's 10 reservoirs will be at 75 to 80 percent of capacity by Oct. 1. The ongoing drought has left Green Mountain Reservoir in Sumrnit County short for the third time in four years. Under the federal agreement, Denver Water can keep water in Dillon Reservoir that would normally go to Green Mountain Reservoir, but, in the dry years, it must reimburse Green Mountain. This will be the seventh time since 1964 that Denver Water has had to transfer water to make up for low levels. The situation could have been even worse but Xcel Energy didn't require Denver Water to send extra water down the Colorado River to help power a hydroelectric plant in Glenwood Springs. The plant was off-line for repairs this year, allowing Denver Water to keep an extra 30,000 acre feet of water. Public Meeting Held to Discuss Wolcott Reservoir Proposal: On Aug. 13 a public meeting was held in Summit County to discuss a proposed new reservoir near Wolcott. The Colorado River Water Conservation District, the city of Aurora, Denver Water, the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and an Eagle County water use consortium all sent representatives to the meeting to outline their various interests in the proposed storage facility and discuss the results of a recently completed feasibility study. The $100,000 study outlines three storage and management scenarios. Up to 350,000 acre-feet of capacity have been decreed for the reservoir. Since the water rights are relatively junior, water would generally be diverted from the Eagle River during high flows. A diversion dam would be built across the Eagle River near the Wolcott post office. The 4 Eagle Ranch, on property owned by Denver Water, would be inundated. The study looked at three different capacities; 55,000 acre-feet, 90,000 acre-feet and 195,000 acre-feet, with construction costs ranging between $135 million and $179 million dollars. The study found no fatal flaws, concluding that Wolcott could be built at a cost that's acceptable to all parties, according to Peter Roessmann, education specialist with the Colorado River Water Conservation District. None of the Front Range representatives said their agencies had taken a formal position in support of the Wolcott Reservoir yet. Colorado River Water Seminar: On Sept. 21 the Colorado River Water Conservation District is hosting its annual serninar in Grand Junction at the Adarns Mark Hotel. This year's seminar is entitled: "Shattering our Assumptions About the Colorado River." The Colorado River Water Seminar will touch on the following topics: . The Evolving Understanding of the Colorado River Basin's Climate - Brad Udall, managing director of the CU-NOAA Western Water Assessment, will discuss how new scientific research is altering our understanding of the West's climate. . Science, Policy and the Future of Colorado River Compact Issues - Eric Kuhn, General Manager of the Colorado River District, describes how climate and the Law of the River are intersecting as a basin-wide water shortage looms on the Colorado River. 11