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PBWW NORTHSIDE INTAKE

Structure dossier · WDID 1400589 · 1 · ARKANSAS RIVER · DWR record

Where this page's figures come from

Generated 2026-08-27 19:50 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (2deb1d7) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.

Where it sits in line

Priority 1861-04-01 — 3rd most senior of the 1358 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..

Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: BESSEMER DITCH (1861-04-01). Immediately behind: PBWW SOUTHSIDE INTAKE (1861-04-01).

Decreed rights (16)

Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. UnitsUsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on.Case
4109.01861-04-011896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 2
5205.01864-04-011896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 11
7385.01870-03-211896-03-23 1.6660.0 CMUNDOM 26
7701.01871-01-311896-03-23 0.80.0 CMUN 29
7760.01871-03-311896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 30
8035.01871-12-311896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 0
8116.01872-03-211896-03-23 3.0670.0 CMUN 0
8127.01872-04-011896-03-23 0.00.0 CALL 32
8857.01874-04-011896-03-23 20.00.0 CMUNDOMALL 0, 34
10501.01878-10-011896-03-23 0.00.0 CALL 35
11688.01881-12-311896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 0
12418.01883-12-311896-03-23 0.00.0 CALL 45
13240.01886-04-011896-03-23 0.00.0 CMUN 51
13865.01887-12-171896-03-23 0.00.0 CALL 57
49490.01985-07-011986-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN
49673.49491985-07-011986-12-31 0.00.0 CMUN

Recorded use (last 15 years on record)

In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 1,292 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2025, came in at 916 AF — 71% of that, and 4th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.

This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.

YearDiverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.)Compared with its own recordReleased (AF)Days recordedPeak (cfs)
2010 721 2nd lowest of 15 · 56% of median — 16 33.1
2011 6,346 14th lowest of 15 · 491% of median — 62 81.7
2012 0 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median — 9 0.0
2013 1,425 9th lowest of 15 · 110% of median — 89 20.3
2015 777 3rd lowest of 15 · 60% of median — 245 1.9
2016 1,207 5th lowest of 15 · 93% of median — 366 2.0
2017 3,770 13th lowest of 15 · 292% of median — 365 24.9
2018 6,976 15th lowest of 15 · 540% of median — 365 36.3
2019 2,763 11th lowest of 15 · 214% of median — 365 15.8
2020 1,245 6th lowest of 15 · 96% of median — 366 2.1
2021 1,292 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median — 365 26.2
2022 1,270 7th lowest of 15 · 98% of median — 365 24.6
2023 2,819 12th lowest of 15 · 218% of median — 365 24.2
2024 1,536 10th lowest of 15 · 119% of median — 366 27.2
2025 916 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median — 304 18.7

Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.