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APPENDIX II . ~ II o Although the effect would be less dramatic than at Mancos, the existing water rights providing water for at least 100,000 acres of land-and 40,000 people located in the Colorado portion of the San Juan Basin would be directly affected by a No. 1 Indian Priority right. Through a call on the Colorado River at Lee Ferry, all Colorado River water rights in Colorado, including those for diversions through the Conti- nental Divide to the Eastern slope OI Colorado, would be indirectly affected. The cumulative economic effect could be tremendous. T ~.: The Animas - La Plata Project and the accompanying Dolores Project. would develop the following amounts of water for use by the Ute Tribes: !- '-~- ;.;, Full Irrigation Supply Municipa 1 & Industria 1 Water t ;;~~ ~~~ Total c Acres Acre-feet (Acre-feet) (Acre-feet). '.~' 1 Animas-La Plata Project Ute. Mountain.Ute Tribe Southern Ute Tribe 12 ,060 . 2,300 21,600 3,800 6,000 25,000 27,600 28,800 Dolores Project UEe MOuntain Tribe 7,50022,900 1,000 23,900 'x ',,,. Total Indian Develop- ment both Tribes 21,860 48,300 32,000 80,300 ;/{~ ">t"'" 'Ic~ ~J: ';..f ~;::::''". -, ";"f The Tribes have each indicated they are much more interested in re- ceiving "wet" water from the projects than they would be in receiving a "handful of paper water rights" with no facilities to put the rights to use. They have further indicated they would be willing to enter into agreements whereby they would forego use of their potential water rights in lieu of receiving water from the Animas - La Plata amd Dolores Projects. -17-