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<br />l'Sst' <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />B. Winter Storage Water <br /> <br />Under the decree in 84 CW 179, the FLCC stores water in Adobe and Horse Creek <br />Reservoirs during the period from November 15 to March 15 of each year. While the FLCC <br />can store water in Pueblo Reservoir if other winter storage program participants do not need <br />the space, it seldom does so because it does not want to pay the monetary storage charge in <br />Pueblo Reservoir. The FLCC typically uses its winter water to supplement its direct <br />diversion water during the growing season. Because winter stored water can be kept for use <br />at any time, it is not interchangeable with direct diversion water which is usable only during <br />the time of diversion. <br /> <br />Under the water bank operation, some of the water which FLCC participants have leased to <br />the water bank will be stored in AdobelHorse Creek Reservoirs, along with the participants' <br />share of the FLCC winter stored water. Subsequently, during the following winter season, <br />part of the water in AdobelHorse Creek Reservoirs is exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir where <br />it is stored until release to water bank renters. Non-participating shareholders use of <br />AdobelHorse Creek Reservoirs must not be reduced by water bank operations. Except in <br />very wet years, there is not likely to be competition between non-participating shareholders <br />use of the reservoirs and water bank use of the reservoirs. <br /> <br />C, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (Fry-Ark) Water: <br /> <br />The FLCC has historically purchased water from the Southeastern Colorado Water <br />Conservancy District to supplement its decreed water rights. The purchases, made annually, <br />have ranged from zero to over 69,000 af. Because the water is provided by a United States <br />Bureau of Reclamation Project, and is used for irrigation purposes under the FLC, it is <br />subject to the United States Reclamation Reform Act, as amended, and its lengthy <br />regulations. The Reclamation Reform Act prohibits water application to certain lands and <br />can cause additional costs for water used on certain other lands. Enforcement of the <br />Reclamation Reform Act is unique within the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy <br />District boundaries because of peculiar aspec!s of the Southeastern District's contract with <br />the Bureau of Reclamation. The FLCC has a Reclamation Reform Act compliance plan on <br />file with the Southeastern District. ; <br /> <br />Fry-Ark water cannot be resold or leased by, purchasers. Thus, Fry-Ark water cannot be <br />considered to contribute to the water supply which creates the historic consumptive use of <br />water bank participants. Further, the dryup of lands eligible for application of Project water <br />will likely result in the FLCC receiving less water in allocations (because of the practices of <br />the Southeastern District in the allocation of Project water). Therefore, FLCC shares <br />participating in the water bank cannot obtain FryArk water. The non-participating share <br />holders can receive their Fry-Ark water as usual. <br /> <br />8-10 <br />