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<br />-5- <br /> <br />of the Colorado River at Iloover Dam is 10,119,000 acre-feet(3). The <br />?ro.iect lIill derlete the flovl of" the Gunnison River by 26,700 acre-feet <br />ilnnually resultin" in an averane annual -Flovl of 852,200 acre-feet in the <br />Gunnisoll River iust beloH the Pro.iect area, 1,529,605 acre-feet in the <br />Cunnison River at r:rilnd ,lunction, ilnd 10,092,300 ilcre-feet in the <br />C0lorado River at Iloover DaM. <br /> <br />The rroiect lIi11 deplete the north Fork Gunnison River by 30,000 <br />acre-feet annually. Excent for. the lessenin" of strean fishery flOl'/S <br />durind the \'linter' months,' this Hill not affect tile rresent or pro- <br />jected uses of the north Fork, since the water diverted into the r.rand <br />l'1csa Canal f'1'OM the interveninn streaMS \lOuld be surplus to dO\/nstreaM <br />needs. Other v/ilter resource develormeilts along the ilorth Fork l<Ii11 <br />not ilff'ect the uses of the river except. as Mentioned nreviously. <br />l~lthounl1 the Paonia Project depletes the ~Iorth Fork by 9,800 acre-feet <br />ilnnua 11:', Paoni a Reservoi 1', by renul a tinn the runoff froM r'luddy Creek, <br />irmrnves the distribution of" f'low in the lIorth Fork. The calculated <br />minir1uf'1 f'l0\1 of' the ilorth Fork just be-fore its confluence \'Iith the <br />GunnisOil l1iver is 43 cllbic feet Del' second (1957-1969 period of record). <br /> <br />WATER USE <br /> <br />Irrination is the nriMarll \'fat{~r use in <br />20,fWl a.cres Are nrescntl v i rri 'lated. <br />a 1 "'a 1 fa, nas tures, snall nra ins, corn, <br />And ilnricnts. <br /> <br />the Pro,iect area. Aflflroximately <br />The nri nci na 1 crons nrmm are <br />. , <br />an[lles, nC'lcilCS, cilerries, pears, <br /> <br />'later "'or dOT"estic use ill Cedal'edne is supnlied "'ro~ snrinns on the <br />south sll)no 0'" t:le r,rilnd 'lesa. The TmlO 0'" Orchard City and the homes <br />belml Ccdarecf'lo rnceive a set)arate SUIll)lv of' \1ater nined in froM Grand <br />!'esa, This I'/ater surll1lv systen is municinallv owned bv the T0I1I1 of <br />Orcnard City. TriO I)rchal'd City system also surplies water to farMS <br />in the Prc,;ect Area. The Unrer Surface Creek tIater Users I\ssociation, <br />\'/hicil hilS arnroximiltely 160 taps servin'1 about 310 rersons, serves the <br />Ccdar :lesa area. \fater for the Cedaredne state fish hatcherv is <br />slJrnlied nrir>aril,1f by the Town of Cedaredne. ' <br /> <br />The rredoninant recreatiOllal \later use in the nro.iect area is for <br />trout fishinn in lakes, streaMS, and reservoirs on Grand rlesa. <br /> <br />Above the Project area, the Mai n uses oT Gunn; son Ri vel' \~ilter are <br />for irri'1ation ilnd hvdroelectric nOHer 'leneration. Det\'lcell tne Proiect <br />area ilnd Lake rlead, Gunnison and Colorado River \'/ater is used nrir'1ilrilv <br />for irrination 0'" fruit crors in the Grand Valley Irrination District, <br />illld :Iydroelectric [lower neneration at Glen Canyon Dan. Celml Lake rlead, <br />Co10rado River water is diverted for irrination, lT1unici[lal, industrial, <br />livestock, and hydroelectric power '1encriltion uses vlith irrination use <br />beinn nredorninant. Recreation ilnd Tisllinn ilave becone imflortant on the <br />\1ilters 0'" tile Ilorth Fork drilinane above the nroiect area and on the <br />(;unnison ilnd Colorado Rivers dOl'lOstreaM. <br />