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dated October 9, 1979, the conditional water right was dedicated and committed to be utilized for the Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley Project, Colorado. In Colorado Water Court, Case No. 85CW78, RGWCD obtained a conditional underground water storage right, together with 22 points of recharge, encom- passing the Project area of the Closed Basin Project, for purposes of recharging unappropriated surface flows to the 9roundwater aquifer, with an appropriation date of July 16, 1985, and decree date of December 22, 1987. RGWCD has also requested the Colorado Water Court to award it a water storage right in San Luis Lake to permit it to use that facility for the storage of water in conjunction with the operation of the Closed Basin Project. The decree is sought in Case No. 87CW14, with a claimed appropriation date of November 25, 1986. B. Mitigation Water Rights The total maximum water that may be del ivered annually for project mitigation is 5,300 acre-feet of salvaged water and 1,107 acre-feet from trans- ferred water rights. When all five project stages have been completed and are operating, any reduction in project production results in a pro rata reduction in mitigation obligation from salvaged supplies. Salvaged water used for mitiga- tion will be obtained from water pumped for project purposes through rights granted to RGWCD by the State of Colorado. Transferred water rights are those obtained through acquisition of lands and associated water rights acquired for project purposes. Alamosa NWR will receive a maximum 4,500 acre-feet from salvaged water and about 800 acre-feet from transferred water rights. Blanca WHA will receive a maximum 800 acre-feet from salvaged water and 307 acre-feet from transferred water rights. 4 r -..... -1.- -, v l. ....c.j..Ju