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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Kansas. This allows the water users in Water District 67 to save some of their water for use later in the irrigation season without foregoing their ability to call against upstream water users when conservation storage is empty. The 1980 Operating Plan includes provisions for "Article III" Accounts for the Amity, Fort Lyon, and Las Animas Consolidated Canals that have been used to store "Other Water", which historically did not accrue to conservation storage. Storage charges of 35 percent are levied against this Other Water, delivered into the "Kansas Transit Loss Account", and used to supply the transit losses on the delivery of Kansas' Article II Account water to the Stateline. The distribution of Colorado's share of the releases among the ditches in Water District 67 is prescribed in the 1980 Operating Plan by incorporating percentages from the last percentage distribution agreement. The legality of the 1980 Operating Plan has been attacked by certain water users on the lower reaches of the Purgatoire River in litigation during the last few years. The Water Court has thus far held that these Purgatoire River water users have not been injured by the operation of the 1980 Operating Plan and that the 1980 Operating Plan is not contrary to law or in violation of the Compact. The remaining issue in this litigation is whether the Arkansas River Compact Administration had the authority to adopt the 1980 Operating Plan. This consultant understands that this issue is likely to be appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court. This report is organized into 11 sections. Preceding this introduction is an executive summary. Following this introduction are sections concerned with LAWMA, LAWMA's well pumping and well depletions, LAWMA's existing and potential sources of replacement water, the formulation of the replacement program, a financial analysis of the replacement program, and the main conclusion from the study. Fifteen tables, one figure, and two plates have been included in this report. The tables follow the text of the report; the figure follows the tables; and the plates are in pockets at the end of the report. The figure is a schematic diagram showing the relative locations of the major water resource facilities in the Arkansas River main stem between Pueblo Reservoir and the Stateline. The two plates show well locations and more detail with respect to the water resource facilities in Bent and Prowers Counties. 5