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<br />2"S" <br />. i. j <br /> <br />from approximately 42,000 AF to 21,000 AF. Also, it is possible <br />to link Nee Gronda to Queens by constructing a ditch through <br />Nee Noshe reservoir at the proper grade, and thereby avoid <br />losing water to Nee Noshe dead storage. <br /> <br />2.2 Water Rights <br /> <br />Water rights associated with the Amity Mutual Irrigation <br />Company are comprised of storage rights in the reservoirs <br />(Table 2-1), direct flow rights for the main Amity Canal (Table <br />2-2), and newly established storage rights in John Martin <br />Reservoir. Storage rights associated with the Great Plains <br />Reservoir system total approximately 265,000 AF and include a <br />rate of filling through the headgate of the Fort Lyon Canal on <br />the Arkansas River. The Amity Canal has two decrees which <br />authorize diversions from the Arkansas River just downstream of <br />John Martin Reservoir. By recent agreement, Amity has <br />established a right to store 50,000 AF of the Great Plains <br />storage rights in John Martin Reservoir. <br /> <br />2.3 Historic Use <br /> <br />Flow data for the Fort Lyon Canal for the period 1950 through <br />1979 have been tabulated (Zorich & Assoc., 1986). Fort Lyon <br />Canal flows for the 30-year period 1950-79 averaged 220,000 <br />AF/year and were never less than 100,000 AF/yr. <br /> <br />Flow data for the Kicking Bird Canal at the Fort Lyon Canal <br />bifurcation as well as releases from the Great Plains <br />Reservoirs have also been recorded for the period 1950-84. An <br />adjusted record was developed to correct for the influence of <br />storage in John Martin Reservoir, a practice which began on a <br />trial basis in the mid-1970's. Figure 2-3(a) shows the annual <br />flows recorded at the KiCking Bird gage for the 35-year period <br />1950-84. Figure 2-3(b) shows the frequency distribution of <br />these flows. The average diversion flow at the Kicking Bird <br />gage for the 35-year periOd is approximately 32,000 AF/year. <br />During 20 percent of the years, the diversion exceeded 50,000 <br />AF and 10 percent of the years the flow exceeded 80,000 AF. <br />Conversely, for 40 percent of the years, Kicking Bird canal <br />flows were less than 10,000 AF and 10 percent of the years <br />flows were approximately zero. <br /> <br />Releases from the Great Plains system averaged about 10,000 <br />AF/year. Zero or very small releases were obtained from the <br />reservoirs for 30 percent of the years. For 15 percent of the <br />35-year record, release flows exceeded 20,000 AF/year. Overall, <br />the reservoirs are approximately 33 percent efficient based on <br />flows measured at the Kicking Bird gage versus the releases. <br /> <br />7 <br />