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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t '~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />! . <br /> <br />.',r>'ff)I") <br />l. t (.. ,) <br /> <br />than class 1,2 and 3 and therefore, technically violating the operating principles. <Appendix C). <br /> <br />The operating principles required that certain direct flow rights be assigned to the District <br /> <br />for administration and operation. As reported in the 1988 report the District failed to contract for <br /> <br />administration of all of the direct flow rights listed in the operating principles and consequently it <br /> <br />was recommended that the total Project irrigated acreage be reduced from 19717 to 19439 acres. <br /> <br />The Salas, Bums and Duncan, and Victor Florez ditches water rights were not totally contracted <br /> <br />for administration by the District. The 1988 report recommended that the eligible irrigable <br /> <br />acreage under these ditches be reduced by the same proportion as the proportion of the water <br /> <br />rights not contracted to the District for administration. While this methodology for reducing the <br /> <br />eligible irrigable acreage may be technically the most appropriate, it does not consider the <br /> <br />ownership of the water rights and eligible lands and the contracts between the District and owners <br /> <br />of the water rights. An alternative method is to consider the ownership of the water rights and <br /> <br />eligible irrigable land and the District contracts which would require reducing the District irrigable <br /> <br />land by 218 acres to 19499 acres compared to 278 acres and 19439 acres respectively <br /> <br />recommended in the 1988 report <Appendix D). At this time, the District has not contracted for <br /> <br />administration of these water rights and they should be deleted from the operating principles and <br /> <br />the total irrigated acreage reduced accordingly. <br /> <br />The irrigated acreage limitation is a critical element in protection of downstream water <br /> <br />rights. . Since the irrigated acreage is a critical element for protection of downstream water rights, <br /> <br />it is important that the Project lands are identified, designated, and verifiable that such lands are <br /> <br />the lands actually being irrigated and that the acreage limitation is not being exceeded. The <br /> <br />operating principles limit the District irrigable acreage to 19717 acres composed as nearly as <br /> <br />20 <br />