WSP05984

• File Number: 8149.911
• Description: Miscellaneous Small Projects and Project Studies - SE Needs Assessment and PSOP
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/19/2001
• Author: PSOP Implementation
• Title: Final PSOP Implementation Committee Report Addendum to Preferred Storage Options Plans Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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water right) in space allocated to others. such storage will be on an if and when
available basis, consistent with the Preferred Storage Options Plan Report and the
forthcoming Implementation Committee Report,

J. Use of Enlarged Space:

In addition to water stored pursuant to this Application, water imported from tributaries of
the Colorado River under existing decrees, and/or future Water Division 5 decrees for use
of existing facilities, also will be stored in the Pueblo Reservoir Enlargement. The
enlarged capacity will be filled primarily by storage and exchange of existing native and
imported water rights owned by Southeastern and others, including those entities with
allocated space as provided herein, Winter Water Storage Prugran1 particip31j[S pursuant to
the Decree in Case No. 84CW179, and other parties storing water in Southeastern's Water
Management Storage space by agreement with Southeastern. Such parties must have a
decree allowing storage of such water rights in Pueblo Reservoir and/or its enlarged
capacity, as well as an allocation or agreement for use of the storage space, Exchanges
may include exchange of measured municipal return flows from use of Fryingpan-
Arkansas Project ("Fry-Ark") water under existing decrees for the Fry-Ark Project. and
others' exchanges pursuant to decrees authorizing such exchange into Pueblo Reservoir.
Southeastern may seek to store other Fry-Ark Project return flows in portions of the
enlarged capacity pursuant to a future application. Pursuant to this Application,
Southeastern may also store native Arkansas River flows in the enlarged capacity under the
priority of this conditional water right, at those rare times when water is legally available to
a 2000 priority and space is available in the enlarged capacity. All uses of the enlarged
space will be consistent with any applicable terms and conditions of any federal statute
authorizing construction of the Pueblo Reservoir Enlargement.

K. C.R.S. S 37-92-305(9)(b):

Southeastern has initiated an appropriation of the water storage rights described above and
has exercised reasonable diligence in pursuing its appropriation of such rights as set forth
herein. Southeastern can and will divert. store, possess, and control water in the water
storage enlargement and will beneficially use such water. The water storage enlargement
project can and will be completed with diligence and within a reasonable time,

Southeastern, acting through its Water and Storage Needs Assessment Enterprise.
completed a Water and Storage Needs Assessment in 1998 and a Preferred Storage
Options Plan in 2000. These studies. performed with the cooperation of the United States
Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado Water Conservation Board. and numerous participating
entities within the Southeastern District. have documented the need for additional storage,
including the Pueblo Reservoir Enlargement, to meet increased demands for water storage

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