WSP07373

• File Number: 8142
• Description: Trinidad Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 9/1/1996
• Author: unknown
• Title: Draft Review of Operating Principles and Project Operations Trinidad Lake Project Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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. The District, Colorado, Kansas, Army Corps of Engineers and Reclamation all identified '--:S::SS"~

issues to be reviewed. The Army Corps of Engineers' one issue to amend the operating ~rinciples ~,\,~,
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to allocate the excess storage capacity to the fishery or recreation pool and a provision for filling "''''-W{ "\'. ~

the enlarged recreation pool was a common issue among all the parties, Other than the Army
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Gorps of Engineers, the parties requested that the operations for delivery of stock water be 0 S-k:dc.,-",,~

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reviewed. Colorado requested that the operating principles be amended as recommended by the
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previous review and supported the review requests ofthe District and the City of Trinidad.

Kansas requested a review of all hydrological operations to assure that (1) storage under

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the M/uiel ~hthas been limited to 20,OQO acre feet each year; (2) the practice of~~er has

been discontinued; (3) 'Yinter flows are stored under the. Model storage right; (4) diversions to

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Project lands have not exceeded the irrigation requirement; and (5) exchan&es have lll2.t depleted
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the inflow to John Martin Reservoir. Kansas also requested that the irrigated acreage be O~~-
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The District identified 10 separate issues for review. Several of the issues would be lnore<t)~~\J-<I
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reviewed,

appropriately reviewed in a review of the Purgatoire River Conservancy District Operating

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Criteria or a review of Contract No. 9-07-70-W0095 between Reclamation and the District. At
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least three of the issues identified by the District involve mj::thodolQgies for conducting the review ~
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and not an issue to be reviewed. The one issue that had not been identified by the other entities ~ ~,,~~

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above is to review whether or not conditionud) and (e) of House Document No. 325, 84th
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Congress, 2nd Session, (RD. No. 325) could be implemented at this time, Reclamation agreed

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with Kansas on the issue to review the irrigated lands and identified the additional issue to amend l)~

the oJl_erating principles to allow the City of Trinidad to change the use of its Project water rights z.\SX\ t. n
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