PROJ00414

• Contract/PO #: C153326
• Contractor Name: Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy District
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• County: Montrose
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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For these adjustments and changes in the water rights, legal

advice should be sought and actions taken in accordance with the

statutory laws of the state of Colorado.

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3. It is stated in the Definite Plan Report [2] that "condi-
tional water rights for the Fruitland Mesa Project have been
acquired by the Colorado River Water Conservation District with
an appropriation date of November 13, 1957." The rights acquired
by the district have been transferred to the Fruitland Mesa Water
Conservancy District. The project rights are summarized below:

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Stream

Storage Right
(acre feet>

Direct Flow Diversion Rights
(cfs)

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Soap Creek
Milly K. Goodwin Lake
Soap Park Dam

87,000

300

Curecanti Creek

300

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Crystal Creek

92.8625

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If it becomes necessary to divert runoff from the Black Mesa

slopes to the Fruitland Mesa Project, as has been suggested by

the Fruitland Mesa Water Conservancy District, the same could be

accomplished by drawing water from Black Mesa in lieu of the

diversions from the Soap Creek and the Curecanti Creek, for which

water rights have conditionally been acquired. However, in that

case the conditional acquisition of water rights of the Black

Mesa runoff for the Fruitland Mesa Project should be filed.

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