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<br />r~ <br />~ <br />ro <br />,oJ <br /> <br />WATER SUPPLY <br /> <br />Sources of Supply <br /> <br />Water for the project would be secured frOll West Divide <br /> <br />Creek and its tributaries, of which the principal ones are East <br /> <br />Divide and Clear Creeks, entering West Divide Creek froo east of <br /> <br />the project. Sene water is now diverted frOl!l the Clear Fork of <br /> <br />Muddy Creek, a tributary of Gunnison River, and also frcrl Owens <br /> <br />Creek, a tributary of Buzzard Creek. Both diversions are fed fram <br /> <br />high areas lying south of the heae of West Divide Creek. <br /> <br />The lower part of the West Divide Creek drainage area is <br /> <br />principally dry, rocky, canyons, an~ the higher part rolling hill <br /> <br />country rather than truly nountainous, although it extends up to <br /> <br />elevation s of 11,000 feet. The cover is principally scrub oak and <br /> <br />brush at all elevations with timber relatively scarce. <br /> <br />The arrangement of the canals on West Divide Creek and its <br /> <br />tributaries plays a very ~portant lfirt in project water supply. <br /> <br />Some 700 acres of land near the Douth of Divide Creek, with decreed <br /> <br />water rights of early priority are not included in the project be- <br /> <br />cause this area usually receives sufficient return flow froD project <br /> <br />and other land above it to provide an adequate water supply eVen in <br /> <br />late SUI1IDer. <br /> <br />Upstream from this area and east of Divide Creek below the <br /> <br />junction of East and West Divide Creeks, SOl!le 1,000 acres watered <br /> <br />froo East Divide Creek is usually short of water in late sumcer, but <br /> <br />not so much so as 850 acres hif~er on East Divide Creek which has <br /> <br />no available return flow. The junction of these creeks is 5 miles <br /> <br />above their mouth in the river. <br /> <br />24 <br />