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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Storage reservoirs in this former water district include Barr Lake, <br /> <br /> <br />Standley Lake, and Milton Reservoir. Standley Lake receives diversions <br /> <br /> <br />from streams in former Water Districts 2, 6, and 7. Milton Reservoir is <br /> <br /> <br />supplied from the Evans No. 2 Canal. Horse Creek and Prospect Reservoirs <br /> <br />are supplied with water originating in this district carried in the <br /> <br /> <br />Burlington Ditch to irrigate lands in Box Elder and Prospect Valleys in <br /> <br /> <br />former Water District ,. <br /> <br />From an administrative standpoint, former Water District 2 is often the <br /> <br /> <br />administrative control for the South Platte River in COlorado. This is <br /> <br />partly because most of the inflow to the SOuth Platte River is contributed <br /> <br /> <br />upstream from the Kersey gage and also partly because frequently the <br /> <br />controlling water rights priorities are located in this reach. <br /> <br />Water District 1 <br /> <br />The SOuth Platte River drainage between the Kersey and Balzac gaging <br /> <br /> <br />stations comprises this former water district (Figure 10). The predominant <br /> <br /> <br />water use is irrigation for about 97,000 acres of land. Thirteen ditches <br /> <br /> <br />are decreed for diversions from this 74-mile reach; their priorities <br /> <br />earlier than 1900 total more than 1,800 cfs (Morton W. Bittinger and <br /> <br /> <br />Associates, 1968). These ditches include the Hoover, Riverside, Bijou, <br /> <br /> <br />Schultz, Weldona Valley, Ft. Morgan, Deuel and Snyder, Upper Platte and <br /> <br /> <br />Beaver, Lower platte and Beaver, Gill" and Stevens, Snyder, Tetsel, and the <br /> <br /> <br />Johnson and Edwards. <br /> <br />In addition to the direct flow water rights, 6 major reservoirs obtaining <br /> <br />water from this water district have over 246,000 acre-feet of storage <br /> <br /> <br />capacity (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1977). Riverside, Empire, Bijou <br /> <br /> <br />No.2, and Jackson Reservoirs (Figure 11) serve lands in former Water <br /> <br /> <br />District 1. North Sterling and Prewitt Reservoirs divert water in former <br /> <br />Water District 1 but serve lands in former Water District 64 (Figures 10 <br /> <br /> <br />and 11). <br /> <br />-51- <br />