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. . . Consent Agenda Item J.e Case No. 5-06CW253: Application of Strategic Real Estate Group Application Summary This is an application for ground water rights, change of water rights, and approval of a plan for augmentation near Silverthorne. Applicant seeks the following: 1. Ground water rights for up to 10 wells (total 500 gpm cond.) for domestic, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, recreation, piscatorial and other uses incident to residential development, with an appropriation date of June 27,2006. 2. Change of water rights associated with the Swanson Oro Grande Ditch and Heit Ranch Reservoir to include domestic, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, recreation, piscatorial and augmentation. Wells will be used as alternate points of diversion during the irrigation season. A portion of these water rights will be used as a source of augmentation water. 3. Approval of a plan for augmentation to augment out-of-priority depletions from the wells for use in connection with a residential development to be located on the Heit Ranch. Applicant proposes to use dry up credits for the irrigation months and reservoir releases for the non-irrigation months. CWCB Appropriations CWCB StreamlLake Amount Approp. Watershed County Case No. (ds) Date 5-87CW294 Blue River 55/52/50 10/2/87 Blue River Summit 5-87CW295 Blue River 75/58 10/2/87 Blue River Summit 5-87CW296 Blue River 67-115 10/2/87 Blue River Summit 5-87CW297 Blue River 70-125 10/2/87 Blue River Summit 5-87CW298 Blue River 85-125 10/2/87 Blue River Summit Potential for Iniurv The Applicant's changes of water rights may result in an expansion of use that could injure the Board's instream flow water rights on the Blue River. The Applicant's proposed plan for augmentation may injure the Board's instream flow water rights on the Blue River by not replacing out-of-priority depletions in time, place and amount. The Applicant's proposed plan for augmentation must address delayed impacts from the proposed wells as well as impacts from the termination of historical irrigation return flows resulting from the dry-up of historically irrigated land. Other Obiectors The City of Colorado Springs, City and County of Denver, Grand Valley Water Users Association, Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, Ute Water Conservancy District, Town of Dillon, State and Division Engineers, Town of Silverthorne and United States of America - Bureau of Reclamation also filed statements of opposition to this application.