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OGG1% B. Municipal Another large user of water from the Little Snake River basin is the City of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne has constructed Stage I of a proposed three-stage water development project with operation of Stage I of the Little Snake Diversion pipeline having been continuous since September, 1964. The Cheyenne. Project involves two independent water systems, one diverting water from the Little Snake River drainage and conveying it across the continental divide into the North Platte River drainage, and the other diverting water from the Douglas Creek drainage in the North Platte system and conveying it to the City of Cheyenne. The Douglas Creek water which is actually used by Cheyenne is replaced by the water from the Little Snake drainage, and the North Platte drain- age is not subject to depletions from this project. The depletions come from the Little Snake drainage. Cheyenne currently diverts an average of approximately 7,170 AF/year, which is a 100% depletion to the Little Snake system. The Cheyenne diversion system has water right priorities of 1954 and 1964, and has often been regulated during the latter part of the irrigation season. The majority of Cheyenne's diversions occur during the peak runoff months when an excess of water is avail- able in the Little Snake. Diversions from the Stage I system deplete flows in the North Fork Little Snake and the main fork of the Little Snake River. The Towns of Baggs and Dixon also use Little Snake River water. Baggs currently obtains its water supply from an infiltration gallery in the Little Snake River, Dixon's water supply is a direct diversion from the Little Snake River. Some Dixon residents rely on private wells. Baggs has finished water storage for 317,000 gallons, and Dixon has a finished water storage of 200,000 gallons. Neither community has raw water storage of any significance. Both communities can be adversely affected during extended periods 0f low flow. IV-3