PROJ00479

• Contract/PO #: C153472
• Contractor Name: San Miguel Water Conservancy District
• Water District: 0
• County: San Miguel
• Bill Number: XB 99-999
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Water rights may be either 'absolute' or 'conditional'. Absolute rights are those which have
been developed and the indicated amount of water put to beneficial use. Conditional rights are
those which are in the process of being developed, but, in general, the necessary faciiities have
not been constructed and no water has yet been diverted or used.

A comprehensive investigation of water rights in and around the San Miguel Project study area
was undertaken to determine the location of diversions, decreed amounts and the priorities of
established water rights, This information was used in the analysis of water which would be
physically and legally available to a potential San Miguel Project as described in the following
section of this chapter,

Water rights information was obtained from the following sources:

1) The State Engineer's official July 1, 1984 Water Rights Tabulation and July 1,
1984 Abandonment List for Water Division 4.

2) The State Engineer's Water Rights Data Base listing for Water District's 60, 61
and 63 as of January 1, 1986.

3) Lists of water rights held by the Farmers' Water Development Company, J&M
Hughes, Lilylands Canal and Reservoir Company, Lone Cone Ditch & Reservoir
Company, and SMWCD reported in the 1985 rescoping study and the 1985 Lone
Cone Reservoir enlargement feasibiiity report.

4) The files of the Farmers' Water Development Company and the Lilylands Canal
and Reservoir Company.

5) The CWCB's listing of minimum in-stream flow water rights on the San Miguel
River and its tributaries.

Preliminary lists of the water rights held by the potential project participants were compiled form
the information obtained from the State Engineer's Office and compared to the listings reported
in previous studies and information received from the ditch companies, Apparent
discrepancies, if any, were resolved where possible by review of supplementary information
contained in the State Engineer's Water Rights Data Base. A preliminary tabulation of other
water rights which should be considered in the analysis of water available to a potential project
was also compiled,

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