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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CRAnER III <br /> <br />BASES FOR ANALYSES <br /> <br />Sunnnary <br />Feature <br />Ruedi Reservoir <br />Basalt Conduit <br />Landis Canal <br />Stockmens Ditch exten- <br />sion and enlargement <br />Basalt Powerplant and <br />Penstock <br /> <br />of conditionally, granted <br />Amount of decree <br />140,697.3 ac.-ft. <br />450 c.f.s. <br />130 c.f.s. <br /> <br />water rights <br />Remarks <br /> <br />Now called Landis Pipeline <br /> <br />30 c.f.s. <br />400 c.f.s. <br /> <br />A supplemental decree, dated August 3, 1959, was entered in Water <br />District No. 38, affecting the priority rights of the Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />and Basalt Projects. This decree awarded to the Fryingpan-Arkansas Pro- <br />ject the same water right priority date and number as awarded to the Ba- <br />salt Project. Rights of neither project were made senior nor junior to <br />the other and rights of both were made junior to any other decrees en- <br />tered in the proceeding. The decree spells out the sequence under which <br />water shall be available under the decrees and this sequence is exactly <br />the same as recorded in the operating principles established for Ruedi <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water of the State of Colorado that remains unconnnitted within the <br />State's entitlement from the Colorado River system as provided by the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 is overappropriated many <br />times by conditional decrees and recent claims of the United States. <br />Hence, choices will need to be made from among the many potentialities, <br />including the Basalt Project. State and local interests will have a <br />major role in making such determinations. Potential depletions of the <br />Colorado River system from Ruedi Reservoir storage water are considered <br />to be within the State's entitlement. <br /> <br />Water quality <br /> <br />The water supply that would be used in project development, includ- <br />ing the supply in Ruedi Reservoir and local streams, is of excellent qual- <br />ity for irrigation. With normal levels of treatment, the supply will meet <br />the Public Health Service standards for domestic use. <br /> <br />Water requirements <br /> <br />Water requirements for irrigation and outdoor residential use at <br />points of diversion are estimated at 3.26 acre-feet per acre. Require- <br />ments for municipal and domestic water have been estimated a.s discussed <br />in the preceding chapter. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />17 <br />