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<br />Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Form Revised May 2007 <br /> <br />6. Water Availability and Sustainability - this information is needed to assess the viability and <br />effectiveness of the water project or activity. Please provide a description of each water supply <br />source to be utilized for, or the water body to be affected by, the water activity. For water supply <br />sources being utilized, describe its location, yield, extent of development, and water right status. For <br />water bodies being affected, describe its location, extent of development, and the expected effect of <br />the water activity on the water body, in either case, the analysis should take into consideration a <br />reasonable range of hydrologic variation. <br />All water for this project will be taken from the South Platte River as direct diversions. Although the <br />river appears to be over appropriated there are opportunities to develop new water rights at the lower <br />river near Ovid. Both BPPSW A and Golden Eagle Ranch will be using existing recharge rights or <br />irrigation rights that will seek a change of use in water court. There will not be any new net negative <br />impact on the river due to these projects. <br /> <br />Brush Prairie Ponds <br />Water for the project is provided by the Fort Morgan Irrigation and Reservoir Company through a <br />recharge decree developed in the 1980's. The project has been the platform for protecting the city's <br />municipal water supply since that time. With a five year return time from the project to the river, the <br />wells are protected over the long term. However, since the drought year in 2002, the project has <br />received little water as the decree date has rarely come into priority. The last two years have finally <br />returned water to the project and generating recharge credits, but the drought highlighted the need to <br />provide more space for water when it's available. <br /> <br />Golden Eagle Ranch <br />The Golden Eagle Ranch is adjacent to the South Platte River, downstream of the City of Sterling. It <br />consists of river bottom and nearly 500 acres of irrigated land which has been planted over time in <br />various crops such as com, alfalfa, and beets. Formal investigations of water rights associated with the <br />property have revealed 29 shares of the Iliff and Platte Valley Ditch, 370 shares of the Proctor Water <br />Company, and 130 acre-rights in the I1iffIrrigation District. Other water rights include the Powell Ditch. <br />The landowner plans to execute a change of rights to use water for recharge, storage (for augmentation), <br />and wildlife. Engineering accomplishments are preliminary, but should be completed by September with <br />a filing in water court. The project will use existing water allocations which will not result in new or <br />negative impacts to the river. <br /> <br />Heyborne Project <br />A new water right will be filed to put unallocated winter water to use for recharge. The amount of water <br />is yet to be determined, but will range from 6-35 acft diverted from the river for recharge. Ducks <br />Unlimited has discussed this plan with several adjacent landowners and water districts and all have <br />committed their support for the project. Most will actually benefit from the project. With the property <br />being located less than 9 miles from the State border, there are not any other compacts or water rights <br />that would be impacted downstream of the project. <br /> <br />28 <br />