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<br />SOUTH PLATTE RIVER TASK FORCE <br />Options for Consideration <br /> <br />NOTE: THESE OPTIONS ARE MERELY SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN <br />PROVIDED TO THE SOUTH PLATTE TASK FORCE. THIS LIST WILL CHANGE. <br />NONE OF THE OPTIONS LISTED HAVE BEEN ENDORSED OR ADOPTED BY THE <br />SOUTH PLATTE TASK FORCE. <br /> <br />1. Suggestions for making water available for well augmentation or decreasing <br />amount of augmentation water required to augment wells <br /> <br />a. Pursue voluntary agreements with downstream reservoirs (e.g., "Gentlemen's <br /> <br />Agreement"). <br /> <br />b. Allow aggregated, deferred replacement of well depletions during the non- <br />irrigation season - this depends on the ability of the State Engineer to make a reliable <br />determination that reservoirs are likely to fill in the upcoming season. <br /> <br />c. Storage: <br /> <br />1. Construction of more recharge pits/ponds <br /> <br />ii. Better use of alluvial aquifer storage (use of alternate points of <br />diversion, recharge wells and augmentation wells) <br /> <br />111. Financial assistance for storage projects and <br />augmentation/recharge projects <br /> <br />iv. Financial assistance for upgrading and reconstructing storage <br />diversion structures and feeder canals to allow reservoirs to fill sooner and allow senior call to <br />corne off. <br /> <br />d. Amnesty on replacement obligations for depletions resulting from pre-1974 <br />pumping (requires statutory change) <br /> <br />e. Make a portion of savings from removal of phreatophytes available to the <br />remover (requires statutory change) <br /> <br />f. Make CREPJEQIP type programs available for farms on which wells curtailed <br /> <br />g. Do not require augmentation for wells that are far from the South Platte River <br />(e.g., upper Box Elder Creek, Badger Creek and Beaver Creek) (requires statutory change or <br />designation of new ground water basins) <br /> <br />h. Determine sustainable yield of basin (e.g., by SPDSS) [and allow wells to <br />pump this yield without augmentation?] <br />