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<br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In addition, there are many private irrigation ditches in the Study Area <br />which are supplied by direct flow diversion water rights. Approximately <br />16,000 acres are irrigated by private ditches in the Uncompahgre sub-basin <br />while more than 750 private ditches irrigate approximately 58,000 acres in the <br />Upper Gunnison sub-basin, <br /> <br />Municipal and industrial (M&I) water use is relatively small in the Study <br />Area in comparison to total water use, The primary M&I water suppliers within <br />the Study Area are the Project 7 Water Authority; the municipal ities of <br />Gunnison, Crested Butte, Ouray and Ridgway; Mt. Crested Butte Water and <br />Sanitation District; and the Lake City Area Water and Sanitation District, In <br />addition, there are many small M&I water suppliers in the basin. <br /> <br />Project 7 Water Authority (Project 7) is by far the largest M&I water <br />suppl ier in the Study Area. It was created for the purpose of having one <br />treated water supplier to serve the Uncompahgre Valley area. Under the <br />present operating arrangement, Project 7 treats raw water and delivers it to <br />six water suppl iers. Project 7 does not own water rights nor does it have <br />taxing authority, but is reimbursed monthly by each entity for the cost of <br />treating and del ivering water. At present, raw water is purchased by each <br />ent ity from Tri -County, who in turn purchases water from the UVWUA under an <br />interim contract unt il Dallas Creek water suppl i es are avail abl e. <br />Additionally, the City of Montrose obtains part of its raw water supply from <br />the Cimarron Ditch and Reservoir Company and then delivers it to Project 7 for <br />treatment. <br /> <br />The Tri-County Water Conservancy District is the sole purveyor of water <br />from the USBR's Dallas Creek Project, Of the 39,400 af of water available <br />from that project, 28,100 af is allocated for M&I use. Tri -County has <br />commitments from Montrose, Delta and 01 athe to purchase 14,000 af of Dallas <br />Creek water. <br /> <br />2-3 <br />