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<br />,~Q04 73 <br /> <br />" ' <br /> <br />NAME ADJUDICATION APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATION AIIID.M" <br /> DATE DATE NUMBER <br />Summit Reservoir 12-18-1933 03-01-1905 20148.00000 1,780 AF <br />Summit Reservoir 12,18-1933 03-01-1905 20148.00000 1,233 AF <br />Summit Reservoir 03-22,1963 12-01-1938 32476.00000 1,274 AF <br />A.M. Puett Res. 12-18-1933 11-28-1904 20055.00000 264 AF <br /> <br />Water stored in Summit Reservoir, obtained through the Turkey Creek Ditch and the <br />Summit Ditch, is released through the outlet works (WOlD 712002) for delivery to the irrigated <br />lands under the system. Just downstream of the Summit Reservoir outlet is the turnout that <br />serves as the inlet ditch to the A.M. Puett Reservoir (Storage deliveries into Puett Reservoir must <br />first be delivered into and pass through Summit Reservoir). For purposes of administration. the <br />Division Engineer maintains a Parshall Flume on the Summit "Outlet" Ditch, just down-ditch of the <br />turnout for the Puett inlet. This measurement, in conjunction with the recorded releases at WOlD <br />712002, is used to determine the amount of water that is being used directly for irrigation in the <br />system l!ill! the amount being delivered into A.M. Puett Reservoir. The Division Engineer also <br />keeps track of the water released from Puett Reservoir Jor irrigation. This release is recorded <br />under WOlD 320704. <br /> <br />According to the Division Engineer, it is the general practice of the Summit Reservoir <br />Company to first fill the A. M. Puett Reservoir, followed by Summit Reservoir. After the reservoirs <br />are filled, the direct flow water diverted at WOlD 710618 and WOlD 710609 is delivered directly <br />to irrigation in the system. Later in the summer months, the stored water is released for irrigation. <br /> <br />The lands irrigated under the Summit Reservoir system are generally located to the west <br />and southwest of Summit and Puett reservoirs on the terrace ground tributary to Stinking Springs <br />Canyon, Cash Canyon and Simon Draw. Simon Draw is generally the dividing point between the <br />Summit system and the MVIC system. Irrigation return flows from the Summit system eventually <br />accrue to the headwaters of Me Elmo Creek, to the east of Cortez. The return flows from this <br />transbasin diversion contribute to the availability of water for other water rights in the McElmo <br />Creek basin (Water District 32). <br /> <br />8 <br />