PROJ00518

• Contract/PO #: C153484
• Contractor Name: San Luis Valley Water Conservation District
• Contract Type: Grant
• Water District: 0
• County: Rio Grande
• Bill Number: FSG
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION. , .

I . 1 BACKGROUND

1.2 STUDY PROCESS

1.2.1 Study Advisors

1.2.2 Study Procedures

1.3 POTENTIAL RESERVOIR SITES

1.3.1 Wagon Wheel Gap Site

1.3.2 Vega Sylvestre Reservoir Site

1.3.3 Rio Grande Mainstem Potential Reservoir Sites

1.3,4 South Fork Potential Reservoir Sites. . . . .

II. BASIN SETTING . , . . . . . . .
11.1 LOCATION AND PHYSIOGRAPHY
11.2 CLIMATE. , .
11.3 WATER SUPPLY
11.4 WATER USE. .
11.4.1 Institutional Setting
11.4.2 History of Water Development
11.4.3 Basin Water Use. . . . . . .

III. WATER RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION
111.1 BACKGROUND . . , , .
111.2 GROUND WATER ADMINISTRATION
111,3 SURFACE WATER ADMINISTRATION

IV. RIO GRANDE COMPACT. . , . . . . . . .
IV.l HISTORY OF COMPACT DEVELOPMENT
IV.2 PURPOSES OF COMPACT. . . . . .
IV.3 SUMMARY OF MAJOR COMPACT PROVISIONS AFFECTING NEW STORAGE
IV.4 COLORADO 1940-1965 OPERATION OF COMPACT
IV.5 PREVIOUS STUDY TREATMENT OF COMPACT. .

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