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<br />Table 2 -- Analysis of Recreational Use Improvement Options <br /> <br />ilitM <br />tHO!) <br /> <br /> <br />I{.EFF€6iriVEi\iE$$i~).. <br />iO~vijiJiPrkEPR6iii.iiM) <br /> <br /> <br />R-6 <br /> <br />Contract to store <br />non. project water <br />IWater banking) <br /> <br />R-] <br /> <br />Coordinate Harvey <br />Gap & Rifle Gap <br />operations. <br /> <br />8) In dry years, store 8 <br />portion of the downstream <br />Rifle Creek irrigation rights in <br />RG Reaarvoir during runoff. <br />Release water later in the <br />summer to equalize growing <br />season watsr supply for the <br />owners of those rights. <br /> <br />bl Store city of Rifle M&I <br />augmentation water. <br /> <br />Fill the junior Rifle Gap decree <br />prior to the Harvey Gap <br />senior decree. <br /> <br />If 10 cfe of water righta <br />were contracted during <br />April thru June, an <br />additional 1,SOO af <br />would be storad in RG <br />Reservoir. With 20 efs, <br />3,600 af would be <br />stored. This water could <br />be released starting in <br />July & RG would <br />eventually reach the <br />same "without" <br />eondltion or reservoir <br />level. However, sUlfaee <br />acreage would be greater <br />for longer than existing <br />conditions. <br /> <br />No halp. <br /> <br />Could assure that RG <br />Rese-rvoir fills in most <br />years improving <br />recreational <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />Representatives <br />of Rifle Cr. <br />Canyon Ditch & <br />Grand Tunnel <br />Ditch lthe primary <br />prospective users <br />of the storage) <br />have stated they <br />are not Interested <br />in this concept. <br /> <br />Not estimated. New <br />annual accounting costs <br />may be significant. USSR <br />muat determine if RG <br />storage charges could be <br />waived. This would <br />depend on the <br />Congressional authority <br />cited for storing the <br />water. <br /> <br />This water has Not estimated. <br />been leased to <br />others including <br />the golf courae for <br />25 years. <br /> <br />FIe would No direct cost. <br />prObably not allow <br />as it could be very <br />detrimental to <br />their interests. <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />. May be attractrve only to the less senior <br />rights who may be subject to curtailment in <br />late summer. <br />. May entail extensive accounting work & <br />more measuring devices <br />. Court action would be needed to store <br />water because changing return flow <br />pattern may cause injury, unless all users <br />of the stream agreed it was ok. <br />- A 3-perty contract among SWCD, USBR <br />,& the owner of the water would be <br />required. Warren Act allows irrigation <br />water to be stored under -just and <br />equitable- terms. <br />. This would be the firat water spilled if RG <br />inflow was greater than anticipated. <br /> <br />Question: Does golf course want to store <br />some water? <br /> <br />- Harvey Gap is senior to RG & has always <br />been filled firat. <br />- If HG bypasses storable inflow to RG <br />Reservoir, it might not be filled later <br />depending on runoff conditions. This could <br />be detrimental to those who depend on HG <br />for irrigation. <br />- Recreation at Harvey Gap could be <br />im acted. <br />