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. . . i ....-, J. tJ ~~ ,j 168 242 Yz 01/22/1908 06/12/1920 200.00 45.56 Model Ditch Baca 2. Waters of the Purgatoire River shall be stored by the District in the irrigation caoacity (initially about 59,000 acre-feet) of Trinidad Reservoir under rights created under Colorado law; said rights, defined as the District stora~e right. include: (a) The Model storage right, being the right to store 20,000 acre-feet of water from the flows of the Purgatoire River, under reservoir priority No. 10 in Water District No. 19 at a rate offlow not exceeding 700 cubic feet per second of time under date of appropriation of January 22, 1908, as decreed by the District Court of Las Animas County, Colorado, on January 12, 1925, and by Decree in Civil Action No. 19793, District Court, Las Animas County, Colorado, of April 15, 1965, transferred from the place of storage as originally decreed to the site of the reservoir: and (b) Such other rights to store water in the reservoir as the District may lawfully acquire by aopropriation or \,JUrchase, including the right to store winter water under the direct flow rights, (appropriation dates as listed). B. Limits of Land and Water Use In order that the Trinidad Dam and Reservoir Project may provide an optimum beneficial use of water for irrigation and M & I use within the District, the following limitations on land and water use shall apply: I. The acreage irrigated by the District water supply shall be limited to 19.499 acres of irrigable land lying within the District boundaries. These 19.499 acres of the District irrigable mJ!.shall be composed as nearly as practicable of the following acreages under individual ditches. (Picketwire: includes Chico sa, Lujan, North Side and El Moro Water Users): Picketwire Baca Chilili EI Moro Johns Flood Model South Side Hoehne Burns & Duncan Lewelling & McCormick 2805.8 311.4 228.3 154.6 2085.8 6804.9 5296.9 1202.7 88.4 417.1 6