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Utah Lake Annual Amended Conversion Criteria

Updated: February 7, 2001


                          March 22, 1995


                            AMENDMENT
                                TO
 INTERIM WATER DISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR THE UTAH LAKE DRAINAGE BASIN

The State Engineer received a request from the Central Utah Water
Conservancy District not to deliver water for this season under
water right numbers 57-7624, 59-14, 59-15 and 59-20.  These water
rights are supplied from Utah Lake and/or Jordan River.  The water
rights represent 25,000 acre-feet of primary rights and 57,073
acre-feet of secondary rights in Utah Lake.  With this reduction in
the demand on Utah Lake, the criteria of when system storage can be
converted to priority storage needs to be modified accordingly.
Following are the modifications to Table 3, page 12, lines 8
through 16, inclusive, of the Interim Water Distribution Plan for
the Utah Lake Drainage Basin.  The River Commissioners are hereby
directed to implement these modifications as of March 22, 1995, and
they shall be in effect for the remainder of the 1995 distribution
season.

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    Date            System Storage in Utah Lake and/or Upstream
                   Reservoirs for Remainder of 1995 Distribution
                            Season (Units: acre-feet)
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   March 22                          582,742
   March 22                          423,871
   April 15                          420,000
    May 15                           345,000
   June 15                           290,000
   July 15                           255,000
  August 15                          180,000
 September 15                        145,000
  October 31                         125,000*
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Note: Values can be interpolated from the table to determine system
storage on any particular day.
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*The October 31 value will be reduced to 90,000 acre-feet if the Central
 Utah Water Conservancy District requests water not be delivered during
 the 1996 distribution season prior to October 31, 1995.