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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EXISTING FACILmES - FLORIDA PR,^,ECT (CON11NUEDJ <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />called for to provide for the remainder of the year's irrigation. The <br />Division Engineer for the State of Colorado administers all adjudicated <br />water rights on the river to the point of diversion from the river. Once the <br />water is on the ditch, it is the responsibility of the ditch company or the <br />Florida Water Conservancy District to administer the water allocation and <br />assures (both Project and adjudicated) that the land is not allocated more <br />water than appropriate. <br /> <br />. A crop production and water utilization report is completed annually which <br />accounts for the water delivered, crops grown, land irrigated, and <br />operation and maintenance expenses. In 1995 all the water was used for <br />irrigation. Hay and permanent pasture were the predominant crop with <br />minor amounts of oats, com, and wheat grown. Orchards and family <br />gardens are also a minor use of the water. <br /> <br />G. Quantity of water that is allocated/contracted for but not actually used: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In any particular year there is some land that is not irrigated and the water <br />supply is not called for. This water then gets stored in Lemon Reservoir to <br />be shared by other Project users or for future use. In 1995, roughly, 2000 <br />acres of irrigable land were not irrigated. <br /> <br />H. Quantity of irrigation water that is used for residential purposes: <br /> <br />. Based on 1995 records roughly 900 acres of Project lands were considered <br />urban-suburban (smaller tracts ofland not producing a significant income <br />from agriculture). Using the water delivery figures for 1995, <br />approximately 1,000 acre feet of Project water and 3,000 acre feet of <br />adjudicated water were delivered to these lands. <br /> <br />. The District repayment contract does not prohibit the delivery of water to <br />small tracts or provide for the payment of an Municipal & Industrial (M&I) <br />rate. - See Reclamation's Small Tract Policy. <br /> <br />I. Inventory and diagram of return flows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Irrigation return flows from the Project enter both the Florida and Animas <br />Rivers. Studies conducted for the Definite Plan Report concluded that <br />losses under flood irrigation would be about 50% of the on-farm delivery, <br />about 12,900 acre-feet annually. Most of the on-farm loss would be <br />surface runoff. For lands on the Florida Mesa, it is estimated that reuse of <br /> <br />* * 1/10/97 - PRI!:UMINARY - SUBJECT To REVISION - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY * * <br />