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2. Gunnison River Projects and Special <br />Operations <br />This section contains information that was gathered during initial data collection efforts for the <br />CDSS project. It was assembled after interviewing Division 4 personnel, as well as project <br />owners and operators. This section summarizes the following projects: <br />Subsection Description <br />• 2.1. Austin Area Water Rights <br />• 2.2. Bostwick Park Project -Cimarron River Water Rights <br />• 2.3. Dallas Creek Project (Ridgway Reservoir) -Project 7 Water Authority <br />• 2.4. Taylor Park & Blue Mesa Reservoirs <br />• 2.5. Fruitland Mesa Area Water Rights <br />• 2.6. Paonia Project <br />• 2.7. Smith Fork Area Water Rights -Crawford Water Conservancy District <br />• 2.8. Uncompahgre Project <br />• 2.9. City of Grand Junction <br />2.1. Austin Area Water Rights <br />This section describes the Austin Area water rights. Several relatively large senior water <br />rights are located near the Town of Austin in Water District No. 40. These senior water <br />rights divert water from the Gunnison River mainstem. Other relatively small water rights <br />located in the Austin area also divert water from the Gunnison River mainstem and its <br />tributaries. <br />The large senior water rights in the Austin Area are summarized as follows: <br /> <br /> <br />Structure ID <br /> <br />Ditch <br /> <br />Appropriation Date <br />Administration <br />Number Decreed <br />Amount <br />(cfs) <br />863 Bonafide 11/30/1881 18729.11657 65.000 <br />879 Hartland 12/31/1881 18729.11688 41.000 <br />879 Hartland 1/31/1881 18729.11719 2.830 <br />900 Relief 3/15/1890 18729.14684 50.000 <br />900 Relief 8/16/1896 18729.17030 1.000 <br />891 North Delta 2/24/1901 21263.18682 49.675 <br />Total 209.505 <br />cfs =cubic feet per second <br />Gunnison River Basin Information 2-1 <br />