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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Need for the Project <br /> <br />SBI owns in their wells what is considered a very junior water <br />right. There are numerous downstream ditches, a reservoir, and <br />the Interstate Compact with Nebraska which all have senior water <br />rights to the SBI wells. Some of these rights are more than 50 <br />years senior to their wells. Having wells for irrigation requires <br />that the depletions from the pumping of the SBI wells be replaced <br />during times when there is a "call" on the river by a senior <br />downstream water right. SBI currently has a couple of different <br />sources of augmentation they can use for their well depletions <br />but those sources are not sufficient especially in drought years. <br />LWU has successfully been used for the past 2 years to cover the <br />SBI shortages in augmentation coverage on these wells. SBI with <br />their 12 wells produce approximately 1215 acre-feet of <br />depletions. Actual 2002 depletions provided by Jon Altenhofen can <br />be found in Appendix A. <br /> <br />SBI wants to develop a more flexible recharge system that will <br />generate more augmentation water to be used to offset the <br />depletions caused by their 12 wells. By generating additional <br />augmentation credits SBI can strengthen their own coverage and <br />help strengthen the LWU. <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />Smart Bros. Aug Project <br />June 2004 <br /> <br />2 <br />