WSP03823

• File Number: 8135.300
• Description: Ditch Companies - Catlin
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/29/1976
• Author: D Helton R McCabe
• Title: Catlin Transfer Plan and John Martin Permanent Pool Operation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TRANSFER PLAN

The plan presented in this section would allow the State to
store water derived from ownership of 11.24 percent of Catlin
water rights in John Martin Reservoir for the creation and
maintenance of a permanent recreation pool.

water corresponding to the State water rights would continue
to be diverted by the Catlin Canal Company and carried in the
Catlin canal. The State would construct or utilize the equiva-
lent of two special headgates on the canal - one at Timpas
Creek and one at Crooked Arroyo. The Catlin ditch rider would
set the State headgates for the proper number of shares, the
same as for other stockholders. All water obtained at these
headgates would be measured through a Parshall flume and only
that portion corresponding to actual consumptive use could be
transported to storage in John Martin Reservoir. The remaining
water would be left in the Arkansas River system to compensate
for historic return flow.

The basic premises of this plan and the recommended agreement
were formulated after discussions with representatives of the
catlin canal Company and the other concerned ditch companies.
The are discussed in the following paragraphs:

.....Catlin representatives said they would favor a transfer
plan based on continued diversion of state water by the
Catlin and delivery to the State at special headgates on
Timpas Creek and Crooked Arroyo. when the Catlin would
be diverting water under its first priority (248 cfs), the
State would obtain its water at Crooked Arroyo, when the
Catlin would be diverting under both priorities (345 cfs),
the State would obtain its water at Timpas creek. Leaving
State water in the Catlin Canal would have the advantage
of eliminating the need for compensating the other Catlin
stockholders for the additional prorated canal losses that
would be caused by removal of State water from the canal.
Internal operation of the ditch would be simple: the ditch
rider would set the State headgates for the proper number
of shares, the same as for other stockholders. The most
desirable plan, from an administrative standpoint, would

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