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<br />Feasibi.1ity of Construction <br />of the <br />Rothe Augmentation Project <br /> <br />Project Sponsor <br /> <br />Mildred Rothe is the owner of a private farm located in <br />Northeastern Colorado. The Rothe farm has approximately 9000 <br />total acres. The farm has over 5300 acres of sprinkler and flood <br />irrigated farm ground. The ground is irrigated with 17 tributary <br />groundwater wells and direct flow water out of several different <br />ditch companies. The wells pump on average 4800 acre-feet of <br />water annually. The water is typically used to irrigate corn, <br />alfalfa, beans, and wheat. The 17 wells are currently augmented <br />under the Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte (GASP) <br />plan of operation, see Appendix A for 2002 GASP records. <br /> <br />Project Service Area <br /> <br />The service area, or the Rothe farm, is located in Morgan and <br />Weld Counties, approximately 6 miles North of Wiggins, Colorado. <br />The Rothe farm is located on both the South and North sides of <br />the South Platte River. The 9000 acres of the farm are located <br />across several different sections of land. See the map on page 3. <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />Rothe Aug Project <br />July 2003 <br /> <br />1 <br />