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<br />VI-2 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The second source of Basalt's municipal water supply is the Lucksinger <br /> <br /> <br />Spring located on the Lucksinger Ranch just north of Basalt. This <br /> <br /> <br />spring is neither decreed nor filed upon according to information filed <br /> <br /> <br />in the State Engineer's office; however, its flow is tributary to <br /> <br /> <br />Lucksinger Creek, and therefore to the Roaring Fork River. The State <br /> <br /> <br />of Colorado owns the Lucksinger Ranch and the senior rights on Lucksinger <br /> <br /> <br />Creek and therefore has an indirect claim on the spring. These rights <br /> <br /> <br />are the Lucksinger Ditch and first enlargement with appropriation dates <br /> <br /> <br />of August 15, 1881, and March 24, 1883, respectively. Both rights were <br /> <br /> <br />adjudicated in 1889 for a total of 2.0 cfs. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Currently all of the water rights on Lucksinger Creek are owned by the <br /> <br /> <br />State of Colorado for use by the Division of Wildlife, except for the <br /> <br /> <br />Kelly Pond Reservoir and part of the Kelly Spring which are owned by <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Frederick Arbaney. However, by agreement with the State of <br /> <br />Colorado, Basalt has the beneficial use of one cfs of water from the <br /> <br />Lucksinger Creek until the termination date of the contract which is <br /> <br /> <br />December 31, 1999. The State right on the Lucksinger Ditch is very <br /> <br /> <br />senior for the Roaring Fork Basin and the one cfs would be legally firm <br /> <br /> <br />in all years. The agreement provides that the State may obtain up to <br /> <br /> <br />50,000 gpd of treated water from Basalt. Efforts by the Town to <br /> <br /> <br />extend this lease have failed. The rights listed by the State Engineer <br /> <br /> <br />on Lucksinger Creek are shown In Table VI-A. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />