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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MEMOMNDUM <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />J. William McDonald. <br />Director <br /> <br />TO: Bill McDonald <br />Gene Jencsok <br /> <br />FROM: Randy seaholm~ <br /> <br />DATE: May 26, 1989 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: McElmo Creek Salinity Control Unit. <br /> <br />As requested I have made further evaluations of the <br />hydrologic impacts potentially resulting from this project. <br /> <br />On page 49 of the supplemental DEIS for McElmo Creek the <br />following statement is made. <br /> <br />"Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company, the major user and <br />distributor of Dolores River water, possesses absolute <br />diversion rights for 707.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) to <br />irrigate 46,000 acres of land, a conditional right for 592.3 <br />cfs to irrigate an additional 38,500 acres, and a right for the <br />year-round use of lOO cfs for stock, domestic and industrial <br />purposes. The company diverts an average of ll6,OOO acre-feet <br />annually (1957-73), conveys the water into Montezuma Valley <br />through a tunnel and a main canal, and distributes it to users <br />through an extensive system of canals and laterals. The <br />Montezuma Valley Irrigation Company experiences shortages of <br />about l3 percent of its annual irrigation requirements, usually <br />in the late summer. Completion of the Dolores Projec~ will <br />alleviate this shortage. SSjee ~~~5~ (1~ <br /> <br />On page lO of the suppl ntal DEIS the water budgets for <br />the present, future without ject and each alternative are <br />presented, The future without eally represents the future <br />condition with the Dolores Project in place and should be <br />considered the existing condition now for all practical <br />purposes. The present will really be more representative of <br />historic conditions. <br /> <br />d1~~t ~ G <br />