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• are no flow records of raw water discharge from the Ute Water Conservancy District. Water for this facility is obtained from Jerry Creek Reservoirs 15 miles to the east, via pipeline. From the Ute Water treatment facility, Rapid Creek flows approximately 1,750 feet and intercepts spillage from the Palisade water treatment reservoir. Again, the discharge is substantial. There are no flow records of discharge from the Town of Palisade. This discharge is above the Smith-Marolt Enlargement Ditch (pipeline), and Goffredi Ditch (pipeline), the Zook Springs Ditch (pipeline) and the Bentendi Spring which are the remainder of the points of diversion for the Rapid Creek water right holders. Rapid Creek flows from the Palisade discharge facility approximately 2,500 feet to its confluence with the Colorado River. In summary, from Powderhorn Coal Company's gauging station to the • confluence with the Colorado River, a net gain in inflows to Rapid Creek may be observed. Furthermore, the data obtained from the Rapid Creek gauging station in Table 7-4 from March of 1980 through September of 1981, indicated that the natural flow from Rapid Creek cannot support the approximately 10.5 cfs of appropriated water rights for irrigating except during periods of heavy runoff. Therefore, the Rapid Creek water right holders may have false sense of water availability because of the net inflow gains from the two water treatment facilities. It should be noted that the Town of Palisade is enlarging Cabin Reservoir and upon completion will begin filling the reservoir. This action could further deplete water from coursing the Rapid and Cottonwood Creek drainage basins by increasing the storage capacity in upland basins. The Ute Water Conservancy District is going to construct an additional treated water reservoir. This will also affect the raw water discharge to Rapid Creek. The long range, impacts of these facilities are that as demand increases in Grand Junction and • Palisade for the water they supply, the raw water excess will decrease, thus 7-13 (New 3/1/96)