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<br />- , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />" <br />r0 <br />l".."": <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />area would result in total diversions of 56,500 acre feet. <br />Although average historic diversions are almost <br />sufficient in amount to meet the average requirement, <br /> <br />diversions in excess of requirements have been made <br /> <br />during high runoff periods, with chronic shortages below <br />requirements existing during low. flow periods. If the <br />total discharge at Trinidad could be fully regulated, it <br />would be an adequate supply for the project lands. The <br />report states that water users in the project area have <br />expressed willingness to cooperate completely in order <br />to improve their present, relatively poor water supply. <br />Plans for improvement of the water supply are based on <br />the following assumptions: <br />1. Rehabilitation nf the~iodel reservoir <br /> <br />storage decree by transfer to the Trinidad Reservoir. <br /> <br /> <br />2. Division of water stored in the project <br /> <br />reservoir, by mutual consent of irrigators, based on <br />crop requirements for the acreage served. <br /> <br />3. Stabilization of irrigated lands at about <br />19,500 acres. <br />The Model reservoir has a storage decree for 20,000 <br />acre feet. Its original capacity has been reduced to about <br />6,200 acre feet, primarily through sediment deposition. <br />Diversions to the reservoir are made from flood flows and <br />