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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />,:-, .:,", f.:' ", <br />.::.000 <br /> <br />direct flow rights after the reservoir has been declared empty and the exercise of the direct flow <br /> <br /> <br />rights had been relinquished. A methodology should be developed to determine a real time <br /> <br /> <br />irrigation requirement and strictly administered in order to attain more optimum use of the District <br /> <br /> <br />water supply. <br /> <br /> <br />The City of Trinidad owns a majority ofthe shares ofthe Johns Flood Ditch water rights. <br /> <br /> <br />Trinidad presently leases this water to other land owners for irrigation pUI1Joses. Trinidad has <br /> <br /> <br />proposed to change the use of these water rights from irrigation to municipal and industrial <br /> <br /> <br />pUI1Joses to use the water for municipal uses in Trinidad and to replenish the permanent fishery <br /> <br /> <br />pool in Trinidad Reservoir. There are provisions in the contract between the District and <br /> <br /> <br />Reclamation to allow Trinidad to change the use of its Project water rights from irrigation to <br /> <br /> <br />municipal and industrial pUI1Joses and Trinidad has filed a water rights application with the <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Division 2 Water Court for a change of use and point of diversion of its Project water <br /> <br /> <br />rights. The operating principles do not provide for a change of use of the District water supply <br /> <br /> <br />to municipal and industrial purposes; consequently, the application has been held in abeyance by <br /> <br /> <br />the Water Court until such time as the operating principles have been amended to allow the <br /> <br /> <br />change of use. <br /> <br />The District has requested that Project operations be reviewed for potential <br /> <br />implementation of basic conditions (d) and (e) for maximum utilization of the storage capacity of <br /> <br />Trinidad Reservoir as included in H.D. No. 325. Condition (d): <br /> <br />"By regulation of Trinidad Reservoir of summer flows historically diverted <br /> <br />to project lands provided that future streamflow records disclose such <br /> <br /> <br />further regulations would not materially increase depletions or that any <br /> <br />27 <br />