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<br />Uncompahgre Project - 76,000 acres <br />Bostwick Park Project - BOOO acres <br />Dallas Creek Project - 11,200 af supplemental supply <br /> <br />(""..) <br />) <br />!...-':.) <br />00 <br />c.o <br />w <br /> <br />In addition, there are many private irrigation ditches in the study area <br />which are supplied by direct flow diversion water rights. Approximately 16,000 <br />acres are irrigated by private ditches in the Uncompahgre sub-basin while more <br />than 750 private ditches irrigate approximately 55,000 acres in the Upper <br />Gunnison sub-basin. <br /> <br />Municipal and industrial (M&I) water use is relatively small in the study <br />area in comparison to the total water use. The primary M&I water suppliers <br />within the study area are the Project 7 Water Authority; the municipalities of <br />Gunnison, Crested Butte, Ouray and Ridgway; Mt. Crested Butte Water and <br />Sanitation District; and the Lake City Area Water and Sanitation District. In <br />addition, there are many small M&I water suppliers in the basin. <br /> <br />Project 7 Water Authority (Project 7) is by far the largest M&I water <br />supplier in the study area. It was created for the purpose of having one <br />treated water supplier to serve the Uncompahgre Valley area. Under the present <br />operating scheme, Pr.oject 7 purchases raw water, treats it and delivers it to <br />six municipal water suppliers. These suppliers then distribute the treated <br />water to their customers. Project 7 does not own water rights nor does it <br />have taxing authority, but is reimbursed monthly for water 't\a delivered. At <( ~ <br />present, raw water is purchased by Project 7 from the Uncompahgre Valley Water <br />Users Association and from the Cimarron Ditch and Reservoir Company. <br /> <br />The Tri-County Water Conservancy District is the sole purveyor of water <br />from the USBR's Dallas Creek Project. Of the 39,400 af of water available from <br />that project, 28,100 af is allocated for M&I use. Tri-County has commitments <br />from Montrose, Delta and Olathe to purchase 14,000 af of Dallas Creek water. <br />Present plans are that the Dallas Creek M&I water will be marketed through <br />Project 7, however that is not a requirement of Tri-County's agreement with the <br />USBR and could change. <br /> <br />The remaining M&I water suppliers within the study area rely mainly on <br />ground water supplies with springs and surface water diversions making up the <br />remainder of'their source of supply. <br /> <br />-3- <br />