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<br />As there are presently no unused water rights for Arkansas River water <br /> <br /> <br />available for acquisition, the only other source of water available in <br /> <br /> <br />future years will be Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Project <br /> <br /> <br />Water. With the completion of the Frying Pan-Arkansas Project, approximately <br /> <br /> <br />70,000 acre-feet annually will be diverted from the Western Slope watersheds in <br /> <br /> <br />the Colorado River Basin via a tunnel through the Continental Divide to the <br /> <br /> <br />Arkansas River Basin. Project Hater transported from the Western Slope will <br /> <br /> <br />be stored and regulated in Turquoise Lake on the Eastern Slope. The <br /> <br /> <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (SCWCD) was formed in 1958 to <br /> <br /> <br />administer the Project Water. Requests for water will be taken annually from <br /> <br /> <br />all irrigation ditch companies, municipalities 3nd industries within the <br /> <br /> <br />boundaries of the SCWCD (Canon City is within boundaries). The SCWCD will <br /> <br /> <br />II then make allocations based on the amou~t of Project Water available. Requests <br /> <br /> <br />from municipalities will take priority over requests for irrigation water. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br />I <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />?~ ~ PV uj~vf; I <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />As was recommended in the Saunders Report, the ~ should continue to acquire <br /> <br /> <br />shares in the Hydraulic Ditch whenever possible. One method that was suggested <br /> <br /> <br />was that when areas are annexed by the City and will be supplied with City <br /> <br /> <br />water a condition of.annexation be that the developers transfer all water <br /> <br /> <br />rights (shares in ditch companies) to the City. When it became necessary <br /> <br /> <br />the City could then file application with the \.'ater judge of the district <br /> <br /> <br />court for changing the use of the water from irrigation to domestic. <br /> <br />The City's decreed diversion rights were not examined in the di5tri~t court <br /> <br /> <br />and the above information pertaining to water rights was obtained from the <br /> <br /> <br />Saunders Report; Mr. Jack McDonough, Water Commissioner for District 12; and <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Harrison Hawthorne, Attorney for the Hydraulic Ditch Company. <br /> <br />" <br />I <br /> <br />At a later date the SCWCD may be able to enter into long term agreements with <br /> <br /> <br />municipalities, but the present procedure specified all requests and <br /> <br /> <br />allocations will be made annually. The effective cost of this Project Hater <br /> <br /> <br />will be $5.40 per acre-foot. It is recommended that in later years if the <br /> <br /> <br />City does foresee a problem in meeting the demand from their water rights <br /> <br /> <br />that application be made to the SCWCD for Project Water. <br /> <br />II The shares held in the South Canon and DeWeese Dye Ditch Companies are <br /> <br /> <br />equivalent to approximately 1.65 cfs based on lowest expected flows in the <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />3-12 <br />