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<br />.- <br /> <br />~- <br /> <br />, ~ ."~ ">, <br />~\)I';' <br />have significantly affected the District water supply because if the water was not legally storable <br /> <br />at the time of the overdelivery, the water would have been unavailable for the District to store the <br /> <br />.- <br /> <br />water and carry it over into a year of water shortage. <br /> <br />H. The City of Trinidad may change the use of its Project water rights from irrigation to <br /> <br />municipal and industrial purposes in accordance with the contract between Reclamation and the <br /> <br />District without interference with the District water supply and pursuant to Colorado water law <br /> <br />without injury to downstream Colorado and Kansas water users. The operating principles do not <br /> <br />now include a provision for Trinidad to change the use of its Project water rights from irrigation <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />to municipal and industrial purposes. The operating principles should be changed to allow <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />Trinidad to change the use of its water rights pursuant to Colorado law. <br /> <br />-" <br /> <br />I. Conditions (d) and (e) ofH.D. No. 325 which provide for reregulation of summer <br /> <br />flows which would have historically been diverted to Project lands and storage of flood flows <br /> <br />originating above Trinidad Reservoir could be implemented under Colorado water law through <br /> <br />development of substitute water supply plans. The substitute water supply plans would need to <br /> <br />provide for protection of downstream water rights on the Purgatoire River and provide <br /> <br />replacement water to John Martin Reservoir to prevent material depletion of the inflow to John <br /> <br />Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />Recommendations <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />A. Suspension of the practice of the transfer of water remaining in storage in the Model <br /> <br />Storage right to the joint use pool at the end of the irrigation season has had no effect since all <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />Project lands have been irrigated and the operating principles should not be amended to recognize <br /> <br />L <br /> <br />this practice. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />I <br />