2008 Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District Temporary Excess Capacity Contract, Fryingpan-Arkansas Project. Environmental Assessment

摘要

In general, the purpose of the issuance of excess storage capacity contracts is to maximize the use of existing infrastructure to support entities with temporary municipal, industrial, irrigation, fishery, and recreation needs in their response to increasing water demands, and annual variability of climate and resultant hydrologic conditions. These contracts enable contractors to more efficiently use their non-project water, by providing temporary storage for that water for use at a later date. Consequently, temporary excess capacity contracts meet contractor needs by providing valuable water storage and increased water management flexibility. Upper Arkansas has a need to store up to 1,000 ac-ft of their non-project water in Pueblo Reservoir to provide more reliable timing for domestic and irrigation augmentation (Upper Arkansas 2007a).