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<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 />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />4. Numerous reports prepared for and by the Town of Breckenridge <br />and the Denver Water Board. <br /> <br />The water supply analysis prepared for the District by Woodward-Clevenger <br />& Associates, Inc. in February, 1973 is still valid and applicable to <br />todays requirements. This report is included in this study in Section XI <br />~ <br />and should be used as an augmentation to this section. <br /> <br />C. CONSTRAINTS ON WATER AVAILABILITY <br /> <br />1. Senior Appropriators <br />The majority of the senior decrees in the Blue River and Colorado River <br />drainages consist of irrigation rights, under which most diversions are <br />made from April to September. Nearly all such rights in the Blue River <br />basin are now being used for municipal purposes, and many of these <br />decrees are of relatively high priority in the overall Colorado River <br />drainage. In fact, the majority are senior to most of the major down- <br />stream irrigators, with a few exceptions. The Denver Water Board is a <br />large user which carries water rights senior to most of the other historic <br />Blue River rights and could callout appropriators in this area, most <br />likely in August, September, and October. This has not occurred in the <br />past, but the likelihood of its occurrence in the future will increase <br />as the water availability becomes more scarce. A few other downstream <br />senior irrigators could also place river calls during this period, in <br />the event of extreme drought conditions. <br /> <br />111-4 <br />