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<br />1 <br />11038 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report <br />Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise <br />April 19, 2001 <br /> <br />Section 8 - Enlargement Water Rights <br />Filing <br /> <br />In December 2000, the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District (District), acting <br />through its Water Activity Enterprise, filed applications in the Division 2 Water Court for <br />conditional water storage rights for the Pueblo Reservoir and Turquoise Reservoir <br />enlargements (copies of the applications are attached to this report). <br /> <br />The sources of water are the Arkansas River and its tributaries, water imported from <br />tributaries of the Colorado River under existing decrees, and exchange of existing native and <br />imported water owned by the District and others. The District could store native Arkansas <br />River flows in the enlarged capacity under the conditional water rights at those times when <br />water is legally available and space is available in the enlarged capacity. Uses would include <br />municipal, domestic, augmentation, industrial and irrigation, and other uses authorized by the <br />previous Fryingpan-Arkansas decrees, including exchange. The exact uses of enlarged <br />storage space and source of supply will be subject to the terms and conditions established in <br />the final decree and the federal legislation authorizing the enlargement projects. <br /> <br />There are no changes to the existing Fryingpan-Arkansas Project decrees for current Project <br />capacity. Arkansas River water will be stored in enlarged space pursuant to the junior <br />appropriation. No storage of West Slope Project Water is contemplated in enlarged space. <br />The operations of enlarged space will not adversely affect the yield of the Project or Winter <br />Water Storage Program, downstream water rights will remain satisfied in priority, and the <br />enlargements will operate in compliance with the Arkansas River Compact. <br /> <br />The allocation of enlarged space would be in accordance with allotment contracts or other <br />agreements with the District and Reclamation, consistent with this report. The District will <br />retain rights to a portion of the enlarged space for use as Enterprise Water Management <br />Space. <br /> <br />21 <br /> <br />99061 FIn~1 PSOP Repon <br />