WSP12418

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 11/1/1986
• Author: Warner Sunada Hartwe
• Title: Recharge as Augmentation in the South Platte River Basin
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table of Contents

I.. Introduct 1 on.. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 H:lstorlcal Background.................................. 2
1.2 Al.(gm.entatlon Plans......... ~....................................4
1.3 HydrogeOlogy......................................................................................5

II. Augmen~ation/Recharge on the South Platte River.............7
2.1 Recharge Studies............................................................................ 7
2.1.1 aIds Reservoir Recharge Study..................7
2.1.2 South Platte Ditch Demonstration

Rechar ge P roj ect .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8
2;1.3 Proctor Recharge Experiment....................9
2.1.4 Tamarack Recharge Experiment......,............11
2.1.5 Proposed Badger-Beaver Creeks Recharge

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2.2 Augumentation/Recharge Projects.,..................... .13
2.2.1 Central Colorado Water Conservancy District...13
2.2.2 Henry Lyn Irrigation Company..................15
?2.3 Groundwater Appropriations of the South Platte19
2;2.4 Bijou Irrigation Company......................20
?2.5 Fort Morgan Reservoir and Irrigation Company..24
2.2.6 Pioneer Water and Irrigation Company..........29
?2.7 Upper Platte and Beaver Canal Company.........33
2.2.8 Lower Platte and Beaver Canal Company.........33
~.2.9 Riverside Irrigation Company..................33
2.2.10 Other Recharge Sites..........................40
2.2.11 Summary and Evaluation........................48

2.3

Methods
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3

for Calculation of Return Flows...............52
Glovers SOlution..............................52
Stream Depletion Factor Method................58
Adequacy of Return Flow Calculations..........62

III. Conclusions............................................................................................... 63

IV. References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Appendix A:

Laws Pertaining to Augmentation on the
South Platte Rlver............................68
Example Augmentation Plan.....................12
List of Contacts ............................114

Appendl:X B:
Appendix C:

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