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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Form Revised May 2007 <br /> <br />line the laterals, which will assure water infiltrates the groundwater table in wetlands, not in the laterals. <br />Engineering and legal documents are being drafted now and should be filed before funds from this grant <br />application are awarded. <br /> <br />Recharge credits from the project will be used by landowners, agricultural well districts, and SPWRAP. <br />The landowners are interested in having the water to flood wetlands for recreational opportunities. This wi11 <br />require water from both flooding recharge wetlands with recharge water and out-of priority water covered by <br />credits, The Lower Logan Wells Users will benefit directly from the recharge credits to cover subsistrict <br />members, mostly agricultural producers. SPWRAP has agreed to lease any excess credits from the subdistrict. <br />Current engineering estimates indicate that there should be at least 120 acft of water available to the SPWRAP <br />for PRRP. <br /> <br />Heyborne Recharge Project Phase I <br />The Heyborne project as it has become known includes approximately 650 acres located along the river at <br />Ovid. <br />Several property owners are in negotiations with our partnership DU, PFW, LSPWCD, NCWECD, <br />SPWRAP to develop unappropriated water at the stateline for purposes of agricultural, municipal, and <br />endangered species needs. Preliminary investigations indicate that substantial water is available at the <br />Nebraska stateline during winter months. These waters could be retimed through recharge to meet the needs of <br />the PRRP and surrounding agricultural and municipal needs. Ducks Unlimited and SPLRG have conducted <br />core samples of the properties involved and found that deep soils (>65 ft) and soil conditions are advantageous <br />for aquifer recharge projects. <br /> <br />The SPWRAP has agreed to lease any and all credits from the project for the PRRP. DU has also been <br />approached by local agricultural producers to lease credits to cover several tributary wells that are currently <br />operating out of priority. The landowners' interest are purely for waterfowl. These properties have been <br />purchased as duck clubs and as long as there is water during hunting seasons, which we've proven recharge <br />projects can provide, the landowners will release alomst all credits for use to support area and state priorities. <br /> <br />This application seeks funds to further our feasability study and construct test sites. Core samples <br />conducted by SPLRG indicated that the project sites are viable for recharge. DU will need additional funds to <br />conduct the survey and design aspect of this project. NCWCD and LSPWCD request funds to assist in <br />developing recharge models based off State CU and SDF. As some of these tasks are already underway, it will <br />be important to recognize the need to construct test sites and perform pumping tests to .assure enough water can <br />be delivered. <br /> <br />17 <br />