BOARD00062 ‎(3)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 3/12/2007
• Description: ISF Section - Statement of Opposition - Case No. 4-06CW251 - Application of Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je West Association
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Consent Agenda Item 1.d
Case No. 4-06CW25l Application of Camp Id-Ra-Ha-Je West Association

Application Summary

This is an application for surface water rights, ground water, storage rights, and approval of a plan for
augmentation in Gunnison County near Paonia Reservoir. Applicant seeks the following:

1. Surface water rights for: Frey Ditch Camp West Enlargement for 0.5 cfs with an appropriation date
of June 30, 1982 for certain uses and an appropriation date of June 30, 2003 for stock watering and
aUf:,Tffientation; Camp West Tailwater Ditch for 0.25 cfs (conditional) for supplemental irrigation
with an appropriation date of September 1,2006; Camp West Floodwater Ditch for 0.25 cfs
(conditional) for supplemental irrigation with an appropriation date of September I, 2006.
2. Ground water rights for: Camp Well No.1 with an appropriation date of March 18, 1977 for 15 gpm,
absolute, for domestic use and for 35 gpm, conditional, for commercial, stock, fire protection and
irrigation uses; Camp Well No.2 with an appropriation date of June 30, 2003 for 50 gpm,
conditional, for commercial, stock, fire protection and irrigation uses.
3. Storage water rights for: Camp West Pond No.1 for 0.88 AF, absolute, with an appropriation date
of June 30, 1982, for recreation and fire protection, and with the right to fill and refill conditionally
for stock watering and augmentation; Camp West Augmentation Pond for 3 AF (conditional) with
the right to fill and refill for recreation, fire protection and augmentation with an appropriation date
of June 30, 2003. Both Ponds are filled via the Frey Ditch Camp West Enlargement at a rate of 0.5
cfs.
4. Approval of a plan for augmentation to cover depletions resulting from these structures and from the
Id-Ra-Ha-Je Spring Pipeline. The sources of augmentation are Camp West Pond No.1, Camp West
Augmentation Pond, East Beck Reservoir No.1, and Blue Mesa Reservoir. The augmentation plan
is intended to replace out-of-priority depletions from uses at a seasonal Christian camp that include
domestic, commercial, lawn and landscape irrigation, stock watering, and evaporation.
5. Appropriative right of exchange from the confluence of the North Fork Gunnison River and
Gunnison River up to the headgate of the Frey Ditch on Anthracite Creek at a rate of 0.007 cfs with
an appropriation date of June 30, 2003.

CWCB Appropriations

CWCB Case StreamlLake Amount Approp. Watershed County
No. (cfs) Date
4-06CW230 Anthracite Creek 54/39/17 1/25/05 NF Gunnison River Gunnison
4-84CW 400 NF Gunnison River 60/30 5/4/84 NF Gunnison River Gunnison

Potential for Iniurv

The Applicant must be held to strict proof of the appropriation dates claimed in this application. The
Applicant's proposed plan for augmentation may injure the Board's instream flow water rights on the North
Fork Gunnison River and Anthracite Creek by not replacing out-of-priority depletions in time, place and
amount.

Other Obiectors
Jonathan Lee and Dori Lee also filed a statement of opposition to this application.