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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8126.200
Description
Arkansas River Coordinating Committee - Bylaws - Rules - Guidelines
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Water Division
2
Date
1/1/1985
Author
P.O. Abbott
Title
Description of Water-Systems Operations in the Arkansas River Basin - Colorado
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br />The Otero, Catlin, Holbrook, Fort Lyon Storage, Rocky Ford, Fort Lyon, <br />and Las Animas Consolidated Canals headgates are all in Water District l7. e. <br />The Otero Canal diverts from the south side of the river at a point about <br />6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Apishapa River. This canal is siphoned <br />under the Apishapa River and irrigates about lO,OOO acres in Otero County. <br /> <br />The Catlin Canal diverts from the south side of the river just downstream <br />from the confluence of the Apishapa River, irrigating about l8,800 acres on <br />the south side of the Apishapa River near Manzanola and Rocky Ford. The <br />Catlin Canal Company owns the Larkspur transmountain diversion, and part of <br />Wright's or Mount Pisgah Reservoir on Fourmile or Oil Creek. The Catlin Canal <br />Company usually stores its transmountain diversions by exchange in space, <br />leased in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project system. <br /> <br />Holbrook Canal diverts from the north bank a short distance downstream <br />from the State Highway 207 bridge near Manzanola. Exchange water from Lake <br />Meredith can be released into Holbrook Canal. From the Holbrook Canal, water <br />can be stored in the 7,986-acre-foot Dye Reservoir, or the 7,472-acre-foot <br />Holbrook Reservoir. Neither reservoir normally can release water directly to <br />the land, but must rely on an exchange with the river. The Rocky Ford Ditch <br />is the main water right considered in this exchange. The Holbrook Canal irri- <br />gates 19,550 acres of land, and wastewater flows into Horse Creek. Cheraw Lake <br />is filled by seepage and local drainage, and is not .used to irrigate lands. <br /> <br />The Rocky Ford Canal diverts from the south bank at a point about midway <br />between the towns of Manzanola and Rocky Ford. Water rights in this canal are <br />very early water rights and are in priority most of the time. This canal . <br />maintains an even flow by using a self-adjusting wasteway gate, just upstream <br />from the measuring section, which is located about 1 mile downditch from the <br />headgage, and some water is diverted around the Fort Lyon Storage Canal diver- <br />sion dam in this manner. The Rocky Ford Canal irrigates about 8,200 acres, in <br />and near the town of Rocky Ford; until recently, a part of the diversions of <br />the Rocky Ford Canal was industrial water for a now-defunct sugar facto~y. <br /> <br />The Fort Lyon Storage Canal headgate is located ahout 1 mile downstream <br />from the Holbrook Canal headgate. The Fort Lyon Storage Canal delivers water <br />to Horse Creek Reservoir and to Adobe Creek Reservoir. Horse Creek Reservoir, <br />28,000 acre-feet, also has a storage right to the waters of Horse Creek, and <br />can deliver irrigation water di~ectly to the Fort Lyon Canal. Adobe Creek <br />Reservoir, 85,000 acre-feet, also has a storage right to waters from Adobe <br />Creek. Releases from Adobe Creek Reservoir go down the channel of Adobe Creek <br />directly into the Fort Lyon Canal. The Fort Lyon Storage Canal can receive <br />exchange water from the Lake Meredith Outlet Canal. <br /> <br />The Fort Lyon Canal diverts from the north side of the river about midway <br />between Swink and La Junta. It can receive water from Horse Creek and Adobe <br />Creek Reservoirs) as well as from the creeks for which those reservoirs were <br />named. Downcanal from Adobe Creek, water can be delivered to the Kicking Bird <br />Canal for storage in the Great Plains Reservoir system (discussed later under <br />the Amity Canal). <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />34 <br />
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