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<br />'- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />>\, <br /> <br />- 56.- <br /> <br />'~ <br /> <br />directly from the White River. As the Hansen 1980 study <br />indicates, without a reservoir but with a two-week on- <br />site storage capacity, adequate water would be available <br />in 99 out of 100 years using Deseret's 6 cfs water right <br />and Rangely's 16 cfs right. Since a direct pumping pro- <br />gram would be available until the Taylor Draw Reservoir <br />is on line, the risk of insufficient water during the <br />limited start-up period is very remote. <br />Currently, only 35,000 acre feet are being con- <br />sumed on an average annual basis on the h~ite River in <br />Colorado (out of a total average annual virgin flow of <br />approximately 550,000 acre feet). Although someday <br />(perhaps in the next century) much of this water may be <br />diverted and consumed, this will not happen during the <br />1980s and will not affect the start-up of the Moon Lake <br />project. Even if the "one in a 100 year" situation were <br />to occur by some terrible fate during 1984 or 1985, <br />Deseret could easily arrange for either upstream senior <br />irrigation rights temporarily to bypass water diversions <br />or temporary releases from upstream reservoirs (~~~., <br />the Johnny Johnson Reservoir). <br />Although the DEIS raises sedimentation issues in <br />connection with the discussion of Taylor Draw (DEIS at <br />83-84), sedimentation is not expected to be a problem <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />03'76 <br />