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II II II II II I~ I~ Ii I II I Ii I I I I I I I Adequacy of City's Water Rights. Canon City has two direct diversion rights for domestic water use which are decreed as follows: Date December 30, 1863 December 13, 1864 Amount 19.0 cfs 3.5 cfs 22.5 ds Total The direct diversion right of 19.0 cfG is actually the City's original stock ownership of 725 shares in the Canon City Hydraulic and Irrigating Ditch Company. At the present the City owns the following number of shares in ditch companies: Ditch Hydraulic South Canon No. of Shares Owned 774 1/2 373 139 DeWeese Dye Over the years the City has acquired additiOlwl shares in the Hydraulic Ditch over and above the original 725 shares that made up their direct diversion right of 19.0 cfs. These additional shares are for irrigation water and it is estimated that they are equivalent to approximately 1.3 cfs. '" I As indicated in the Saunders Report of July, 1957, which outlined the City's position with respect to water rights, under conditions of the decree 4 cfs of { the City's direct diversion right is callable by the Hydraulic Ditch. It is assumed that this water was originally intended to be used for irrigation This 4 cfs has not been called for by thj \ f Hydraulic Ditch for a number of years and from a practical standpoint it ~ is safe to assume the City will continue to have use of this 4 cfs. purposes in the downtown area. The City's present diversion rights for domestic water totaling 22.5 cfs is equivCllent to 14.4 mgd. The maximum dClY demand in 1993 will be 21. 5 mgd assuming the more optimistic population project ion (Case 2). This exceeds the City's water rights assuming that the diversion rights would have to meet maximum day demand. . The existing diversion sufficient to supply the maximum day demand :::::;"O:G-~"'~) , 3-11