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Gunnnison River include fish, wildlife. and recreational uses in addition to irrigation. c:) A requirement to maintain minimum instream flows Westwater Canyon has been established by the U.S. Fish the protection of endangered species. Although the flow requirement at Westwater is still under study, 2000 cfs has been widely discussed. in the Colorado River at and Wildlife Service for amount of that instream a year-round minimum of 00 ~ ~ Legislation is currently proposed to create a national park surrounding the Black Canyon and to confer Wild and Scenic River status on the Gunnison River through the proposed park. Minimum instream flow quantities will be established for the proposed Wild and Scenic River segment of the Gunnison. A technical working group has been established to develop criteria for wild and scenic instream flows,. This working group. which includes fisheries. recreational. and other basin interests. has not yet defined an instream flow regime for the reach. DEFICIENCIES IN WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY During the cour.se of obtaining information regarding existing facilities within the basin, an effort was made to identify deficiencies in quantity and/or quality of surface water supplies in the basin. The purpose of identifying these deficiencies is to verify their existence and to quantify them during the course of the study. Water quality deficiencies were indicated for the following streams: Slate River above its confluence with Coal Creek; Red Mountain Creek; Uncompahgre River; Henson Creek; Lake Fork of the Gunnison above Lake San Cristabol; Indian Creek; Gold Creek; the headwaters of Taylor River; North Quartz Creek; and Cochetopa Creek. Streams indicated to experience late season flow deficiencies which are detrimental to fishery production include: Curecanti Creek Soap Creek Red Creek East Elk Creek Cochetopa Creek Los Pinos Creek South Willow Creek Cebolla Creek -7-