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<br /> <br />15 <br /> <br />. ':" <br />'. <br /> <br />structures could be built only at a prohibitive cost and temporary <br /> <br /> <br />diversion structures b\ult on the sandy material are washed away <br /> <br />'''".... <br /> <br />with each rise in the stream. In the past these damages have result- <br /> <br />ed in an insufficient supply of water to the land during critical <br /> <br />periods and an excessively high maintenance cost for a small <br /> <br />irrigation system. <br /> <br />From the best infornation obtainable Rangely Ditch has, on <br /> <br />the bas5.s of original decrees, a water right of 18.78 c. f.s. The <br /> <br />Rangely Ditch receives its water supply under a number of rights. <br /> <br />The earliest, which is 24th in priority on the Illiite River, bears <br /> <br /> <br />District Priority No. 122, decreed September 7, 1897, in the amount <br /> <br />J <br /> <br />:'>j, <br />of 10.41 c.f.s. Rights senior to Priority No. 122 of the Rangely <br /> <br />Ditch total 221.0 c.f.s. in the entire Colorado portion of the <br /> <br />Vfuite River Basin. If all prior rights were fulfilled at one time, <br /> <br />the daily discharge of the White River near lleeker would be suffi- <br /> <br />cient to meet these demands and also the rights of the Rangely Ditch. <br /> <br />Additional water rights of the Rangely Ditch which are <br /> <br />junior to Priority IIo. 122 ar~: <br /> <br />District Priority No. 243, no date of decree, 0.20 c.f.s. <br />District PrioritJ' No. 285, decreed 9/16/97, 0.28 c.f.s. <br />District Priority No. 463, decreed 5/2/1G, 7.89.c.f.s.. <br />Adjudications of all rights to the wa ters of the 'i/hi te River are <br /> , <br /> <br />now in process in the District Court. The .decree, however, has not <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />yet been made public. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />There are approximately 450 acres of irrigated land under <br /> <br />0817 <br /> <br />