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<br />I <br />-I <br /> <br />4().,l"\u:; <br />.:>;j...v <br /> <br />It. ""OS further nsslIIne<1 that. the direct. flows di\"ertible undl'l' the <br />T](fhts tor the 131uestolle and Hnvr.meyer ditches would sllpply the <br />ft~l di\'er~ion requirement of the irrignble. Innd.s of the den>.lopment <br />'without shorta~re. An n\'erng-e of nhol1t 44,800 l1crc-fE'et. of ,Hldit.iol1aI <br />water wouIe1 17aye been n\'nilaLle nnl1uallr. Construct.ion of addi- <br />tional reseryoil' stol'age was llOt. considered necessHry in t.he Clill's- <br />Di,-ide report. , ' <br />It, v;as antil'lpnted th,lt the lTTlgnble lalllls of the area would be <br />de,'oten to the pl'Odlldio!l of alfalfa, cereals) potatoes, sugar beets, <br />pnstul'e. and fruit. Estimates of payment cnpaeit,Y mIll t.he irriga- <br />tion benefits should be based on all f>conomy of tJus type. <br />No chnnges in the g-cl1eral physical pInn for the Bluestone dp.velop- <br />ment. would be req\lil:ed for the. lands to utilize, water l'ele..\sed fl'om <br />Ruedi Reservoir. The re.leilReS would he, cOllveved from the resen'oiJ' <br />by natural channels of Fl'yjngpan Creek, TIO<i'l.illg Fork River, and <br />Colorado Rive-r to the diversion points of the Ha,"emeyer canal and <br />the Bluestone ditel1. <br />Dllring n substantial portion of nearly en'IJ" irrigation swsun then" <br />would pl'ubably be 'I,ffieient water in the C"lorado RiVe!' to supply <br />requirements of the Bltwstone. develoPlnent. and other existiltg and <br />potential 11evelopme.nts in 1 he general area. The amount of w:ltel' <br />t.hat, would be required from Huedi TIeser,'oir fol' the-. Bluestone lands <br />dw'ing low flow periods would depend on several undetermined fnc- <br />tors. These fadOI'S ineludc tho legn.lity of di,'erting wnter under the <br />right. previous1\" established for t.he Ha\"emeycr canal, the possibilitv <br />of utilizing other soureeS of water on t.he inue~,tone. b.nds, and tJ';e <br />eft'ed. all the water supply due to other pote.ntinl developments, <br />Tf t.he previously established wa.ter rigllt. for the Haveme.,"el' ranal <br />''\ere rletermined to remllin legally opernti\e~ require.d rele:\ses from <br />Ruedi TIescI'\"oil' for t.he Bluestone lands would not normallv ue greater <br />than those I1eCe~S[Il'V to meet. deman(ls on the canal in eXI~('ss -of 200- <br />seeond-feet. If di'>ersioIls could not be made under that. right, Ruedi <br />neseryoll' storage WOllhl be TeC]l1irerl to supply nt. least in part. the- <br />re~l1il'emen1"s of the lands under the Hfl\'eme,yer ca.naJ. <br />Othel' potential dl'\'elopllIents could conceivably either benelh, or <br />re<luce the water supply available to the Bluestone lands depend ill!! <br />upon location find type of the other (len'lopments flIlcl upon t,he <br />priority of their water rights with respect to any neW rights required <br />for the BluestonE". development. It. is considered that addit'-ional irri. <br />gat.ion development of Cattle Creek alld ~[Ollllt. Sopl'is areas would <br />increase late summer flows of t.he Colurado l~iver because of addi- <br />tional return flfl\\", lJlerl'by reducing any requiretlrelenses of stoI'age <br />\yater for the. Bluestone lande.;. If 11/) nrlditiollnl irrigntioll develop- <br />ments were made for the. Cattle Creek or l\Iollnt. Sopris areas, it there- <br />fore would he necessary to supply a greater portion of the Bluestone <br />requirements directly from Huedi 11.eseIToir. <br /> <br />Smnmaf'Y <br />Pr~hm.ina.ry ullHl:rse:-; were made to proyide an indication of hO\," <br />Rucch Reser,"oi" cou Jo be utilized to meet irrigation requirements of <br />the Catt.le Creek and Rluestone areas. Streamflow estimates, di\.el'~ <br />slon requirements, land aereage.s, nnd return-flow estimates prepared' <br />during rhe Clili's-Divide invest.igations were used in the analyses. <br /> <br />RUEDI PAM AND RESER\"OIR, COW. <br />