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<br />o <br />, "') <br />~ thermal powerplant uses. Depletion values for the irrigation <br />N <br />c.., and munic,ipal components were supplied by Reclamation. <br />0) <br /> <br />Depletions values for thermal powerplant uses are discussed <br /> <br />under Colorado Ute-Southwest Project on the following page. <br /> <br />w. <br /> <br />~_C~~&K~~ <br /> <br />The Colorado River Water Conservation District has <br /> <br />completed an EIS and Feasibility Engineering Study for <br />~-------------. <br />potential reservoirs to be constructed either (29) Rock Creek <br /> <br />or Muddy Creek (Wolford Mountain). tributaries to the Upper <br /> <br />Colorado below and above Gore Canyon, respectively. The <br /> <br />project (Azure originally) is being constructed as <br /> <br />compensatory storage for the Windy Gap project constructed <br />and operated by the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy <br /> <br />District as a component of the Colorado-Big Thompson <br /> <br />Project. The compensatory storage project would provide <br />appro~imately 15,000 acre-feet of annual yield. Initially. <br /> <br />this would be leased to the Front Range through the <br /> <br />existipg diversion systems via exchange, in essence <br /> <br />providing the Denver Water Board with increased West Slope <br /> <br />storage. In the long range. this water would revert to <br /> <br />West Slope uses as the demand develops. This project is <br />expected to be operational by 1995. <br /> <br />Water rights for Azure are described in cases B7CW095 <br /> <br />which was <br /> <br />a dilfigence application <br /> <br />in support of cases <br /> <br />-17- <br />