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ES-2 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I o PrE'paration of a financial analysis on the final alternatives. o PrEparation of a comprehensive report which summarizes the work corrpleted during the study. Water Supply The average annua 1 flow of the North Fork of the Wh ite River is about 214,000 acre-feet. At the state line the White River averages about 503,000 acre-feet annually. Most of the water is derived from snowmelt and occurs from May thr)ugh July. The YJWCD OWIlS conditional storage and direct flow water rights on the North Fork that ha'le an adjudication date of 1966 and an appropriation date of 1953. These rights were assumed to have an annual depletion of 80,000 acre-feet pel' year and a yield of 87,500 acre-feet. Water Demand~; The Yellow Jacket Project was assumed to providt! water for agriculture, industry (coal and oil shale), and the municipal and domestic needs of the Meeker area. Based on responses to questionnaires and interviews involving these potential water users, water delivery requirements were estimated. Eighteen thollsand acre-feet of water for irrigation would be delivered to approximately 8000 acres of land in the Little Beaver and Coal Creek Basins. FivE thousand acre-feet would be available in the White River for diversion for munidpal and domestic water users in the Meeker area. Coal interests northeast of Meeker would be provided 12,000 acre-feet. The remalnlng 52,500 acre-feet .would be provided for the oil shale interests in the Piceance and Yellow Creek Basins. The above demands would result in an annual depletion to the White River of approximately 80,000 acre-feet. Formulation of Alternative Plans The initial conceptual plans included 16 separate reservoir sites and numerous collect ion and de 1 i very systems. Sing 1 e and mu lt i p 1 e reservoi I' systems were :onsidered. After a technica.l review of each conceptual plan, eight were selected to undergo further evaluation. This evaluation included