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� I In addition, there are many private irrigation ditches in the Study Area lwhich are supplied by direct flow diversion water rights. Approximately 16,000 acres are irrigated by private ditches in the Uncompahgre sub-basin I while more than 750 private ditches irrigate approximately 58,000 acres in the Upper Gunnison sub-basin. JMunicipal and industrial (M&I) water use is relatively small in the Study Area in comparison to total water use. The primary M&I water suppliers within —� the Study Area are the Project 7 Water Authority; the municipalities of Gunnison, Crested Butte, Ouray and Ridgway; Mt. Crested 6utte Water and Sanitation District; and the Lake City Area Water and Sanitation.District. In addition, there are many small M&I water suppliers in the basin. IProject 7 Water Authority (Project 1) is by far the largest M&I water supplier in the Study Area. It was created for the purpose of having one Itreated water supplier to serve the Uncompahgre Valley area. Under the present operating arrangement, Project 7 treats raw water and delivers it to Isix water suppliers. Project 7 does not own water rights nor does it have taxing authority, but is reimbursed monthly by each entity for the cost of I treating and delivering water. At present, raw water is purchased by each entity from Tri-County, who in turn purchases water from the UVWUA under an � interim contract until Dallas Creek water supplies 'are available. Additionally, the City of Montrose obtains part of its raw water supply from the Cimarron Ditch and Reservoir Company and then delivers it to Project 7 for � treatment. � The Tri-County Water Conservancy District is the sole purveyor of water from the USBR's Dallas Creek Project. Of the 39,400 af of water available � from that project, 28,100 af is allocated for M&I use. Tri-County has commitments from Montrose, Delta and Olathe to purchase 14,000 af of Dallas , Creek water. 2-3