MOA of Southern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise and Town of Olney Springs

• Description: Pueblo and Torquoise Reservoirs
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 6/12/2001
• Author: Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise, Town of Olney Springs, Steve Arveschoug, Deborah DeVor
• Title: MOA of Southern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise and Town of Olney Springs
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Contract/Agreement

i ;1 UN Z 20 II REOPERATIONS MOA
EAST OF PUEBLO
Southeastern Colorado
Water Conservancy District
MEMO - O 'GRrEMEN
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OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WATER ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE
AND REOPERATION STORAGE PARTICIPANT
This Memorandum of Agreement ( "MOA ") is entered into this /2 day of t JLL�i rk _ ,
2001, by and between the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise ( "Enterprise "), and
rt 6 • 6 in • 11,_ ( "Participant ").
Purpose.
The purpose of this MOA is to establish a framework for the joint efforts of the
Enterprise, the Participant and other Reoperation Participants (as defined below)
to implement Reoperation Contracts (as defined below) in order to meet the
identified needs of the Participant and other Reoperation Participants for storage
of non - Project municipal water in available Project storage space in a timely and
cooperative manner, consistent with the PSOP Report and Implementation
Committee Report (both as defined below), while providing for the allocation of
costs and benefits of water storage resulting from implementation and
development of Reoperation (as defined below).
II. Background.
A. The Enterprise is a water activity enterprise formed by the Southeastern Colorado
Water Conservancy District ( "District "), pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 37- 45.1 -101, et
seq.
B. Consultants to the Southeastern Colorado Water and Storage Needs Assessment
Enterprise (the "Needs Assessment Enterprise "), a separate water activity
enterprise formed by the District, have prepared a Preferred Storage Options Plan
report (submitted by GEI Consultants, dated September 21, 2000, hereinafter the
"PSOP Report"). The PSOP Report identifies estimated future water storage
needs of several potential participants and outlines a plan for meeting those
needs, including reoperation of existing water storage in Fryingpan- Arkansas
Project East Slope reservoirs ( "Reoperation "), followed by construction of
enlargements to Pueblo Reservoir and Turquoise Reservoir (the `Enlargements ").
The PSOP Report has identified 48,000 to 51,000 acre -feet as available
Reoperation storage space in Fryingpan- Arkansas Project East Slope storage
facilities (the "Fry-Ark Reservoirs," which consist of Pueblo Reservoir, Turquoise
Reservoir, and Twin Lakes Reservoir).