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<br />Primary contract demands are for municipal and industrial purposes. About half of the exisUng Green <br />Mountain contracts are for municipal use (2,448 AF) with a similar amount contracted for industrial <br />purposes (2,111 AF). Most of the pending contracts for Green Mountain are for municipal purposes <br />(4,008 AF), although significant industrial uses are also pending. <br /> <br />Green Mountain Reservoir releases can be used to augment both the Shoshone Demand and the Cameo <br />Demand. As a result, water users from all portions of the upper Colorado River Basin have requested <br />contracts from Green Mountain Reservoir. Releases from Ruedi Reservoir cannot augment the Shoshone <br />Demand, and most water users upstream of Shoshone rely on Green Mountain contracts instead of Ruedi <br />Reservoir water. At present, about 41 % of the Green Mountain Reservoir contract demand occurs in the <br />Eagle River basin (4,233 AF) and about 55% of the reservoir's contract demand occurs in the Colorado <br />River watershed upstream of Dotsero. These contracts provide water for uses which are not augmented <br />by the 66,000 acre foot Historic Users Pool of the reservoir. <br /> <br />The dependability of contract water from Green Mountain Reservoir has been recently questioned. As <br />previously discussed, it may be possible that the 66,000 acre foot pool in Green Mountain Reservoir <br />obligated for West Slope use may be inadequate to satisfy all demands during critically dry years. If this <br />occurs, it is possible that contract water may not be available during dry years, resulting in an increased <br />demand for alternate supplies such as Wolford Mountain Reservoir. <br /> <br />Wolford Mountain Reservoir is located a short distance downstream of Green Mountain Reservoir and is <br />situated upstream of the Shoshone Demand. Contract water from Wolford Mountain could be used for the <br />same purposes and in the same geographic area as are contract reieases from Green Mountain <br />Reservoir. <br /> <br />4.2 RUEOI RESERVOIR <br /> <br />Contract demands from Ruedi Reservoir total 40,971 AF (Table 4.2). Of this total demand, 27.770 AF is <br />currently contracted or obligated. The existing obligation includes several large contracts. The Exxon <br />Corporation has contracted 6,000 AF for industrial purposes. In addition, the Recovery Program, through <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board, has contracted for 20,000 AF of water for in stream flow and <br />environmental uses. An additional 13,351 AF is pending to be contracted. <br /> <br />As with Green Mountain Reservoir, municipal and industrial demands from Ruedi Reservoir are <br />significant. Current and proposed municipal contracts total about 10,000 AF. Industrial contract demands <br />total 10,735 AF. No water is contracted for irrigation purposes from Ruedi Reservoir. <br /> <br />Most of the Ruedi Reservoir contracts are for uses downstream of the Shoshone Demand at Dotsere. <br />Releases are primarily made to augment depletions at the Cameo Demand on the Colorado River near <br />Grand Junction. Ruedi Reservoir releases will not augment depletions at the Shoshone Demand, and <br />contracts to water users upstream of Dotsero are limited. <br /> <br />11 <br />