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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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 Turquoise 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, 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 Turquoise Reservoir and/or its enlarged
capacity, as well as an allocation or agreement for use of the storage space. Exchanges
may include exchange of return tlows 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 Turquoise Reservoir, Pursuant to this Application.
Southeastern may also store native Lake Fork 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 Turquoise Reservoir Enlargement.

K. C.R.S, 9 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 ....ill 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 St6rage
Options PIa., in 2000. These studies, perfcm:ed v.ith. ~e coop~ration of the Unite1 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 Turquoise Reservoir Enlargement, to meet increased demands for water
storage for municipal and other purposes within the Southeastern District; as well as the
estimated costs of the Turquoise Reservoir Enlargement and related water storage
development projects. Southeastern is negotiating agreements with various municipal
water providers within the District for those entities' participation in the initial
implementation and development costs of the Turquoise Reservoir Enlargement and
related water storage development projects. Southeastern also has conducted extensive
discussions with representatives of the United States, with the aim of obtaining the United

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