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<br />., <br /> <br />Chapter 7 <br /> <br />Entities Involved in <br />Augmentation of Well Depletions <br /> <br />Well Owner Associations <br /> <br />Representatives of the Colorado State Engineer's office attended the annual <br />membership meetings of the three largest well owner associations in the Arkansas River <br />basin of Colorado. These are the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association <br />(LAWMA), the Colorado Water Protective and Development Association (CWPDA), and <br />the Arkansas Groundwater Users Association (AGUA). The following table summarizes the <br />status of wells owned by members of these organizations (based on information reported at <br />the above mentioned meetings). <br /> <br />Association Total Wells No~ liiac6ve No. Active % Change <br /> from 1995 <br />LAWMA 588 99 489 +6.7 <br />CWPDA 695 68 627 +7.8 <br />AlJUA 395* 140* 255* +7.6 <br />TOTAL 1,678 307 1,371 +7.4 <br /> <br />"Includes projected membership <br /> <br />Although no written augmentation plan proposals have been received from any <br />association since the original report, the State Engineer has met with each of the associations <br />listed above on at least two occasions since September 1995 to discuss their plan <br />development progress. Development of these plans has been hampered to some degree by <br />the inability to secure approval of an account in John Martin Reservoir to store water to <br />replace depletions to usable Stateline flow. <br /> <br />Both CWPDA and AGUA are negotiating with municipalities to purchase fully <br />consumable or transmountain water for 1996. This water would be available to replace <br />depletions that exceed accretions from Fryingpan-Arkansas Project return flows that will be <br />purchased from the Southeastern Colorado Water Activity Enterprise (SECWAE). Both <br />associations desire to place water in an account in John Martin Reservoir in 1996 in order <br />to provide water to Kansas to replace depletions to usable Stateline flow. Since the account <br />is not available, the associations are considering using artificial recharge of the alluvial <br /> <br />15 <br />