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Ms.Megan Gutwein August 16,2019 Page 14 of 25 Table 10 Current Storage of Colorado Springs'Supplies Available for Return Flow Replacement (as of July 2019,all values in acre-feet) Company Current Storage Lake Meredith Pueblo Reservoir Colorado Canal Company 3,010 385 Lake Meredith Reservoir Company 50 n/a Lake Henry Reservoir Company 2,310 n/a Sugarloaf Water Storage Rights 0 615 Denver Basin Reusable Water 0 0 Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company Water 0 0 Chilcott Ditch Company Water 0 0 Temporary Use Agreement Waters 0 0 Total Reusable Return Flows 3,200 10,600 Tota 1 8,570 11,600 As demonstrated above,the firm (dry-year)yield of these various water supplies currently owned by Colorado Springs are more than sufficient to meet the Post-Pilot Project Return Flow Obligations. These sources and other fully consumable sources that may be available through future purchase, lease, or trade to Colorado Springs, could serve to meet these obligations. Lagged historical return flow releases will generally be made from Lake Meredith but may also be made from Pueblo Reservoir or by utilizing Colorado Springs' fully reusable return flows available at the mouth of Fountain Creek. F. Pueblo Reservoir Excess Capacity Storage Contract No. 16XX650031, United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, which is titled "Master Contract between the United States of America and Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District for the Use of Excess Capacity in the Facilities of the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project" (Master Contract) was signed in December of 2016. The contract is for a forty-year term and allows the SECWCD to annually utilize up to 29,938 acre-feet of excess capacity storage in Pueblo Reservoir, if and when available. The excess capacity storage is utilized by subcontracting with master contract participants for the storage of non Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water and Fryingpan-Arkansas Project water return flows. The purpose of the master contract is to provide for more storage opportunities for entities that utilize excess capacity contracts. As a master contract participant, Lower Ark benefits from the storage opportunities provided by the Master Contract,which has been used by the Catlin Pilot Project to store water exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir and will be by this Pilot Project for the same purpose. Lower Ark's contract currently allows for a minimum excess capacity storage of 2,500 acre-feet per year, though the storage may be increased to 5,000 acre-feet per the terms of the November 2, 2016 subcontract between the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District and Lower Ark. It is anticipated the storage will Martin and Wood Water Consultants,Inc.