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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />How do these donations work? <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />The US Bureau of Reclamation - which built, owns and operates both Green Mountain <br />~ and Ruedi Reservoirs - will manage the releases from Ruedi to meet the needs of users <br />CT.; who normally rely on water from Green Mountain. 'Using a practice known as "water <br />i\:< substitution," donated water will be released to senior downstream water rights holders <br />preventing a call on junior water rights upstream. <br /> <br />Green Mountain Reservoir is nearly 11,000 acre-feet short of water this season. Water <br />users will benefit because donated water released from Ruedi Reservoir will satisfy <br />senior rights holders who might otherwise put a "call" on the river thereby shutting off <br />water to junior appropriators. <br /> <br />Who wil1 benefit from these water donations? <br /> <br />Families and businesses in Grand, Summit, Eagle, Garfield, and Mesa Counties who rely <br />on water from the Green Mountain Reservoir. Those who will benefit specifically include <br />YMCA of the Rockies, Eagle County School District, Copper Mountain Consolidated <br />Metro Water District and the Basalt Water Conservancy District. With the releases from <br />Ruedi Reservoir, water flows in the Fryingpan River are expected to be similar to those <br />last summer. <br /> <br />How much water is 5.500 acre.feet? <br /> <br />One acre-foot is approximately 325,000 gallons of water, or roughly enough water to <br />serve a family of five for one year. One acre-foot is the amount of water it takes to cover <br />a football field to a depth of one foot. <br /> <br />What is the duration of this aereement? <br /> <br />The water donation agreement is for this year. <br /> <br />Whv is ExxonMobil dona tine water? <br /> <br />Like many of the other entities, ExxonMobil Corporation has rights to water stored in <br />Ruedi Reservoir that will not be used entirely this year. They are contributing this water <br />to help alleviate the impacts of the drought in Western Colorado. <br /> <br />How wil1 ExxonMobil benefit from this donation? <br /> <br />ExxonMobil will not be compensated for the water donation. Nor do they plan to seek tax <br />or other accounting benefits from the donation. Their goal is simple: to help mitigate the <br />impact of the drought by contributing water they can afford to do without this summer. <br />