We just looked at how many senior conditional water rights are decreed downstream of Glade Reservoir. There’s about 426,000 acre-feet of water decreed which, once developed, would have to be satisfied before Glade could divert; most of this is on the mainstem. But wait there’s more bad news…
There’s an additional 256,000 acre-feet of senior conditional rights on downstream tributaries which would further reduce the available water supply for Glade. There also about 1400 cfs of conditional rights downstream of the Poudre on the South Platte mainstem.
Still think there’s going to be water available for NISP in the future?
