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<br />000212 <br /> <br />CHAPTER \'II. POTENTIAL USES OF SALVAGED WATER <br /> <br />GE:-;'ERAL <br /> <br />There are ~(,T('r81 pott.ntial liSPS of the snlvaged wnl"f in Colorado. <br />Under the ,'nrious conditions of development from present. conditions <br />to full surface wuler dcn:,lopmt'llt in hoth the Bio Grnnde nntl Canejos <br />Divisions, tlw potclltinl uses of the Snh"llged wut.el' would ue: <br />C01ldition 1.-Pre~I~llt conditions of den'lopmcllt in tlw Hio Grnnde <br />unci COllejos Divisions with present nccl'lIcd Hio Grande compact <br />deLit of Colonulo. <br />Use of water: Offsetting of present tl.ccrued Hio Grnnde com- <br />puct. debit of Colorado llnd mnintcnnnce of scheduled Rio Grnnde <br />compile!' deliveries fit Lobutus. <br />Condition 2.-Present conditions of dc\'elopment in the Rio Grande <br />und Conejos Didsions after offsetting the present accrued Hio Grande <br />(~omplll't debit of Colorado. <br />Use of water: n. ~lninte.nRnce of scheduled Rio Grunde compnct <br />deliveries uL. Lubutos; b. .Allevilltion uf irrigatiun shortllges ill the <br />Rio Grnnde Division by irrigntion of lunds in t.ll(' Closed Bnsin <br />with sulvuged wnt('r by Pxchllllge or dirt'Cl dh'ersioll. <br />Condition S.-Full dcn'lopmt'nt of tIlt., Hiu Grunde nlld COIlf'jOS <br />Dh'isions nfter offsetting the present uccrued Rio Onuale compnct <br />debit of ColoTndo. <br />U~e of wnter: 1\. ~Inintenun('e of sclH.'duled Rio Grande complJ,ct <br />deliveries at Lobutos; b. Alleviation of residlllll irri~l1.tion shortages <br />in the Rio Grande Division with 'Yugoll 'Vhce! Gup Heservoir ill <br />oprrntioll by irrigntion of lunds in the Clos('d Bnsin with salvnged <br />wut('r by exchnnge or din'et diversion. <br />The BUff'llII of Sport FislH'fit.s llnd 'Yildlifc has ('stilTlut(,d thnt the <br />llCt requirements of the cont('mplntNf .\Illmosa 0:ntiollul 'Yildlife <br />Hefuge for sah'uged wllte~ neftI' the ('om'('yuIlCP Chllnlli'1 outl!'t will <br />uverugc 5,300 lHTt,-f(>(.f. per Yt'ltr. <br />Th(~ pllln:-; of hoth tilt. Burt'fiu of Sport Fi~h{'rif's and 'Yildlifp und the <br />:\ntiulIlll P'trk Spf\.i(,c ('ontcmplllle Sun Luis Lake bcing held lit It <br />rf'llsol1ably ('OIl:.;tnl1t Ip\'l'J. As prt'viously C'stimatf'd, tht' nr('l't of open <br />water surfu('(' nt ::ian Luis Ltlkt' lins hi:;torically n\"l'rugl'd nhout 850 <br />ucrt.~ nnd no ~i(!nifiennt I'f'duction of tht' Witter surfnce un'lt hllS bcpn <br />l'onsidered und~r the pllln of dl'\.elopnwnt. 'Yilh II ('onnl'('ting ehullTwl <br />constructl'd l1etwt'el1 the muin ('OIlYf'Ylll1ef' dUtllIWI nnd ~lln Luis Lnke, <br />tlw wntf'r surfllc(' plenHiol1 and nrell ill Sun Luis Luke would be ('Oll- <br />trollf'd In. tl1<' Wllt('f surfuce rlp\'utioll in the mil-ill ('onn'\.lllll'(' chnnllel. <br />EXl'{'pt for ff'llltin'ly short Jl{'riods Whl')} flooJf1ows uiul large drain <br />flows would IH' trtlllsported through tll(' m:lill l'llnn'yulll't' l'iltlllllcl. the <br />Watl'r surface in the main ('Olln'\'Il!lCC chllllllel ut its ('olllhlt'nce with <br />tht. pqllulizing('hfillnel would be ,it ubout plcvlltion 7,519 with the flow <br />,.ftui\.:tlt'llt to tilt' Ilormul di:.wh:lfgt' of tht' \\"pll field. At ell'\.lltion ;,519, <br />tht' wuler surfuct, aft'll of :Sail Lub Lake is nount .SoO Heft'S. For brief <br /> <br />111"\ <br />