The Shoshone water rights call up to 1,408 cubic feet of water per second (cfs) to the Shoshone Hydroelectric Plant for electricity generation, providing power for 15,000 customers in Colorado before flows return to the river. The largest and most senior non-consumptive water right of 1,250 cfs appropriated in 1902 together with a junior 158
Shoshone – ‘shoh-shOH-nee’ or ‘shə-shō′nē’ Etymology: The name “Shoshone” comes from Sosoni, a Shoshone word for high-growing grasses. Some neighboring tribes call the Shoshone “Grass House People,” based on their traditional homes made from sosoni. Shoshones call themselves Newe, meaning “People.”
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Bear River Reservoir Company; Stillwater Reservoir Drain, Collar, and Channel CFP Grant: $123,000 Stillwater Reservoir has been under a fill restriction since 2019 due to seepage at the left abutment. It supplies late-season irrigation to 19 Bear River agricultural ditches. Building on a $125,000 River District award for engineering, the project will install
Maybell Ditch Company; Maybell Ditch Breach Repair CFP Grant: $24,097 On Aug. 12, 2024, the Maybell Ditch breached, blowing out two headgates, carving a large washout, and depositing sediment on private fields. Repairs were completed by September and irrigation resumed. The ditch serves 18 users and is one of the Yampa Basin’s largest
City of Grand Junction; Juniata Enlarged Ditch Piping/Lining Project CFP Grant: $25,000 The City is designing a project to pipe or line 2.3 miles of the Juniata Enlarged Ditch to remediate roughly 30% seepage and improve reliability. The ditch delivers Kannah Creek water to Juniata Reservoir and supports the City and 40 agricultural