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<br />rr <br />~-1 <br />r-- ( <br />~-: '. : <br />". <br />j"" <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />!EL:i' . <br />;..:....0..:. <br />-.-.' <br /> <br />The Wurtz Ditch is 5 miles long and the Wurtz Ditch extension is another <br />6 miles long. The ditch and the extension together intercept runoff from a <br />drainage area of 5,840 acres. The decree for Wurtz Ditch is dated 1929, and <br />is for 85 cubic feet per second; the Wurtz Ditch extension decree is dated <br />1953, and is for lOO cubic feet per second. The Wurtz Ditch empties into West <br />Tennessee Creek. During the past decade, the Wurtz Ditch has conveyed an <br />average of 3,000 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />The Columbine Ditch intercepts runoff from a drainage area of l,l70 acres <br />in the headwaters of the Eagle River basin and empties into Chalk Creek, a <br />tributary of the East Fork Arkansas River. The Columbine Ditch has a 1930 <br />decree for 60 cubic feet per second. Recent diversions through the Columbine <br />Ditch have been about l,700 acre-feet per year. <br /> <br />The Busk-Ivanhoe system is owned jointly by the Pueblo Board of Water <br />Works and the Highline Canal Company. Water is diverted from Ivanhoe Creek, a <br />tributary of the Fryingpan River in the Roaring Fork basin to Busk Creek, a <br />Lake Fork tributary, via Carlton (Busk-Ivanhoe) Tunnel. Fryingpan-Arkansas <br />Project's Charles H. Boustead Tunnel also can be used during low-demand <br />periods. The Board realizes an average annual yield of 3,lOO acre-feet from <br />the Busk-Ivanhoe system. <br /> <br />The Board is entitled annually and in perpetuity a total of 2,500 acre- <br />feet of Homestake Project water. The Board also has other rights, now held in <br />reserve for future municipal expansion. Waters from these reserve rights con- <br />tinue" to be used for the same agricultural purposes that existed prior to <br />acquisition by the Board. These rights include a part of the water from West <br />Pueblo Ditch, the Leadville Ranch (a potential reservoir site, plus a direct- <br />flow right), and shares of the Twin Lakes Project. The Board also controls <br />ll,476.l6 shares of Twin Lakes Project water with a potential yield of <br />l2,624 acre-feet. The Board decides yearly if the water is needed for muni- <br />cipal purposes; otherwise, this water goes to agricultural land supplied by <br />the Colorado Canal Company, that originally owned controlling interests in the <br />Independence Pass (Twin Lakes) Tunnel diversion. <br /> <br />City of Trinidad <br /> <br />The city of Trinidad obtains its water supply from a collection system <br />located in the mountains about 30 miles west of the city. The collection <br />system consists of two reservoirs, ditches supplying these reservoirs, pipe- <br />lines from the reservoirs to a filtration plant, and a pipeline from the <br />filtration plant to the city (fig. l6). During 1982, 5,lOO acre-feet were <br />supplied to Trinidad water customers. <br /> <br />North Lake, with a decreed capacity of 4,3lS acre-feet, receives most of <br />its inflow from North Fork Purgatoire River, through the North Lake inlet, and <br />discharges to the Trinidad filtration plant through the North Lake pipeline. <br />Monument Lake, with a decreed capacity of 1,430 acre-feet, receives water from <br />several sources. Monument Lake ditch No. 1 diverts from North Fork Purgatoire <br />River into the channel of Brown Creek. Downstream from where Monument Lake <br />ditch No. 1 enters, Monument Lake ditch No.2 diverts from Brown Creek into <br />Monument Lake. The Cherry Creek ditch diverts from Cherry Creek and is joined <br /> <br />27 <br />