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'/. o u i) ~i\' 7 The ditch and water rights are owned by the City of Englewood which uses the water as a supplemental source of municipal water. Diversions through this structure generally occur during the peak snowmelt runoff months of June and July. Diversions by the Boreas Pass Ditch were recorded by the USGS for the period 1974 through 1980 and by the DNR for the period 1981 through 1991. For this study period, the average annual diversion was only about 40 acre-feet. The Vidler Tunnel (WDID 3646261 diverts water from the headwaters of Peru Creek, a tributary of the Blue River and delivers it into the headwaters of Leavenworth Creek, a tributary of Clear Creek (Irrigation Division 1). The structure and water rights are privately owned and the water is used for augmentation and municipal purposes in the Clear Creek basin. The majority of the diversions occur during the snowmelt runoff months of June, July and August and were recorded by the USGS--{.;I974 through 1980) and the DNR (1981 through 1991). For. this study period, the average annual diversion was approximately 520 acre-feet. The Columbine Ditch (WDID 374641) diverts water from the headwaters of the East Fork of the Eagle River and delivers it into the headwaters of Chalk Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River (Irrigation Division 2). The Columbine Ditch is owned by the City of Pueblo and it is generally leased out to other individuals for supplemental irrigation. It can also be used as a municipal water supply for the City. The majority of the diversions through the Columbine Ditch occur during the snowmelt runoff months of May through August and were recorded by the USGS (1974 through 1981) and the DNR (1982 through 1991). For this study period, the average annual diversion through the Columbine Ditch was about 1,760 acre-feet. The Ewing Ditch (WDID 374642) (aka the Ewing Placer Ditch (WDID 371091)) diverts water from the headwaters of Piney Creek, a tributary of the Eagle River and delivers it into the headwaters of Tennessee Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River (Irrigation Division 2). The Ewing Ditch is owned by the City of Pueblo which generally leases the water to private individuals as a supplemental irrigation water supply. The water can also be used for municipal purposes. Diversion records for the ditch are available from the USGS (1974 through 1981) and the DNR (1982 through 1991). For this study period, the average annual diversion through the Ewing Ditch averaged about 1, 125 acre-fe~t. ~.A;I . The Warren Wurts Ditch (WDID 374648) diverts water from the headwaters of several tributaries of the South Fork of the Eagle River and delivers it into the headwaters of Tennessee Creek, a tributary of the Arkansas River (Irrigation Division 2). The ditch and water rights are owned by the City of Pueblo which historically has leased the water to individuals for as a supplemental irrigation supply. Diversions through the Wurts Ditch typically occur during the snowmelt runoff months of May through September, although the majority occurs during May and June. The diversions were recorded by the USGS (1974 through 1981) and the DNR (1982 through 1991). For this period, the average diversions were about 2,940 acre-feet per year. The Busk-Ivanhoe Tunnel (WDID 384618) diverts from the headwaters of Ivanhoe Creek, a tributary of the Fryingpan River and delivers it through the old Carlton Railroad Tunnel for regulating storage in Turquoise Lake, in the headwaters of the Arkansas River (Irrigation Division 2). The tunnel and the water rights are owned by the City of Pueblo which uses the water as a supplemental municipal water supply. The majority of the diversions are made during the peak snowmelt runoff months, sometimes extending into October. Diversion records for the tunnel are available from the USGS for the entire CRDSS study period, 1974 through 1991. The average annual diversion for this period were 5,870 acre-feet per year. 3