PROJ00246

• Contract/PO #: C153829
• Contractor Name: Eagle Park Reservoir Company
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 37
• County: Eagle
• Bill Number: SB 96-153
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Edwards Metropolitan District. Edwards' plans for augmentation were decreed in
Consolidated Case Nos. 81CW161 and 81CW195 and in Case No. 92CW295. Only the
water rights which were acquired from Eagle-Vail in Case No. 92CW295 are included in the
exchange to Eagle Park Reservoir. These water rights are identified in Table 4 as "Eagle-
Vail/Edwards" in the column titled "Metropolitan District". Specifically, 19.5 acre-feet of
the 45 acre-feet of historical consumptive use acquired from Eagle-Vail are available for
exchange to Eagle Park Reservoir. The remaining 25.5 acre-feet are used to replace the
out-of-priority depletions caused by residential in-building and irrigation purposes at the
Cottonwood development.

UERWA. UERWA contracted for 220 acre-feet of water from Green Mountain Reservoir.
This water is used pursuant to the plan for augmentation decreed in Case Nos. 92CW291
and 92CW295 to replace out-of-priority depletions with respect to the mainstem Colorado
River during the non-irrigation season. This water essentially substitutes for the storage
releases from the reservoirs described in the aforementioned plans for augmentation. In
Case No. 95CW348, the water stored in Green Mountain Reservoir can be exchanged to
Eagle Park Reservoir during the mid to late summer. The water would be released from
Eagle Park Reservoir to replace the out-of-priority depletions during the non-irrigation
season and to enhance Eagle River streamflows.

Vail Associates, Inc.

Vail Associates, Inc. (VAl) diverts water for snowmaking purposes from Gore Creek
and the Eagle River for the Vail Ski Area, and from the Eagle River just below Beaver Creek
for the Beaver Creek and Arrowhead Ski Areas. The snowmaking season is October
through March but fluctuates annually within these months depending on natural snowfall.
VAl has contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation totaling 1,759 acre-feet annually
from Green Mountain Reservoir for snowmaking at the Beaver Creek and Arrowhead Ski
Areas. Only 659 acre-feet of the contracts are included in the proposed exchanges to
Eagle Park Reservoir in Case No. 95CW348. The contract water is released from Green
Mountain Reservoir to replace out-of-priority depletions caused by the snowmaking
diversions with respect to river calls originating from the Colorado River. VAl acquired 500
acre-feet of water from Cyprus' predecessor derived from pumpage by the Arkansas Well
and storage in Chalk Mountain Reservoir. This water is delivered to the Eagle River to
replace snowmaking diversions. VAl also acquired up to 300 acre-feet of Black lakes
water for use at the Arrowhead and Beaver Creek Ski Areas from Vail Valley. The Black
lakes water, however, is limited in quantity and timing and depends on Vail Valley's first
use. The exchanges set forth in Case No. 95CW348 will allow VAl to store its Green
Mountain Reservoir contract water, snowmaking return flows, and historical consumptive

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