WSP04343

• File Number: 7630.325
• Description: Wild and Scenic-Gunnison River-Curecanti Unit
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 12/1/1986
• Author: WBLA inc
• Title: Gunnison-Curecanti-Curecanti Instream Flow Water Rights Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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been established with this additional storage in mind.

The exchange also

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makes storage capacity at Taylor Park available to the USBR, which permits

higher storage targets arId correspondingly less storage space at Blue

Mesa. The flows below Crystal are generally unaffected by the operation

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of the exchange since the same amount of storage releases will be

delivered to meet irrigation demands at the Tunnel regardless of whether

the releases are charged against the Blue Mesa exchange account or

directly against Taylor Park storage. However, to the extent that the

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Taylor Park releases under the exchange increase storage at Blue Mesa,

such exchange releases may result in some additional Blue Mesa releases to

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make target.

Records of the exchange exist for the periods November 1974 through

June 1979 and August 19aO through May 19a1. Reportedly no records of the
exchange have been kept since May 19a1. Table 5 shows the average state

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of the Blue Mesa exchange account, based on the existing records.

Positive values irldicate that Taylor Park water is stored in Blue Mesa

while negative values indicate that Blue Mesa water is stored in Taylor

Park.

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WBLA, Inc. 1909 Broadway, #3, Boulder, Colorado a0302

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