Allocations FryArk

The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project (Project) imports spring snowmelt runoff from Colorado's west slope to the semi-arid Arkansas River Basin on Colorado's east slope. The Project consists of federally owned dams, reservoirs, stream diversion structures, conduits, tunnels, pumping plants, a pumped-storage power plant, electric transmission lines, substations, and recreation facilities. These features are located in the Fryingpan River and Hunter Creek water sheds of the Upper Colorado River Basin and in the Arkansas River Basin in central and southeastern Colorado. The Project provides water for irrigation, municipal and industrial use, hydroelectric power generation, recreation, wildlife habitat, and flood control.

Documents that govern the allocation of Fryingpan Arkansas Project water:

Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Operating Principles, Allocation Principles,
Water Allocation Policy, Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise Policy Concerning Sale of Return Flows from Fryingpan-Arkansas Project Water

The demand for Project water must come from entities located within the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District. The District entertains requests for allocation of Project water from domestic, municipal, and irrigation entities each year.

April	The District distributes Project water application requests
April	Deadline to have applications completed
May 15	The Bureau of Reclamation must notify Southeastern of Project water availability
May Board Meeting	Directors approve Project water allocations, upon review of the Allocation Committee
November	80 percent of Project water allocated for Agriculture must be used
May (year later)	the remaining 20 percent of Project water allocated for Ag must be used Municipal unused water goes into the carryover account

Fryingpan Arkansas Project Water Allocations