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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />diversions of return flows from municipal uses, and the effects of <br /> <br />the potential Cache la poudre Project. It was considered that this <br /> <br />level of development would occur by the year 1990. <br /> <br />In order to estimate the exchange potentials under 1990 <br /> <br />stream flow conditions, the monthly increases in flows as estimated <br /> <br />by the Bureau of Reclamation, above the historic flows were con- <br /> <br />verted to mean daily amounts by the staff of the Water Conservation <br /> <br />Board. It was assumed that any increased amounts in river flow <br /> <br />would be diverted by ditches between Denver and Kersey within their <br />diversion demands and priority rights. <br /> <br /> <br />The maximum daiiy diversion.potential was estimated for <br /> <br /> <br />each ditch divertin~ from the South Platte River (excluding the Big <br /> <br /> <br />Burlington Ditch) in this river reach. The basis of this maximum <br /> <br /> <br />diversion potential was the diversion each ditch had generally made <br /> <br /> <br />historically within its decreed rights during periods of ample <br /> <br /> <br />water supply in the months of July, August and september. The addi- <br /> <br /> <br />tional daily diversions between Denver and Kersey, which might be <br /> <br />expected if sufficient water were available, were derived by sub- <br /> <br />tracting the daily historic diversions from the maximum diversion <br /> <br />potentials. <br />The increases in river flows for 1990 conditions were <br /> <br />routed through the maximum diversion potentials to Kersey (weld <br /> <br />County site) and combined with the historic Denver water at Kersey. <br /> <br />The furture exchange potential from Weld County site to the <br /> <br />-10- <br />