Consent Agenda 1a

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/2008
• Description: ISF Section - Consent Agenda - Case No. 1-07CW232, Application of Cynthia E. Johnson and Richard A. Johnson
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Consent Agenda Item l.a
Case No. 1-07CW232: Application of Cynthia E. Johnson and Richard A. Johnson
Application Summary
This is an application for change of water right and approval of a plan for augmentation in Boulder
County bet~-een Eldora Springs and Boulder.
1. The Applicants seek a ground water right (15 gpm) for the Creekside Ranch Pond, which
may intercept ground water. The estimated evaporation is 0.102 AF per year;
2. The Applicants seek a surface water right (1 cfs) to fill the Pond above the water table;
3. The Applicants seek a change of water rights represented by 1/a share of the Howard Ditch
Company (change of use and change of point of di`~ersion); and,
4. The Applicants seek appro~~al of a plan for augmentation to replace pond e~~aporation.
The Applicants' proposed uses of conditional ground water and surface water rights are for
recreation, fish and wildlife, piscatorial, stock watering, irrigation and fire protection; and to use,
reuse, and successively use with an appropriation date of September 28, 2007. The change of use
includes a change in the point of diversion for uses listed above, as well as for storage,
augmentation, replacement and exchange. The Applicants' plan for augmentation includes using
the consumptive use credits associated with the Howard Ditch share to augment depletions from the
Pond.
CWCB Appropriation
The CWCB holds the following instream flow water right that could be injured by this application:
CWCB Amount Approp.

Case No. Stream/Lake
(cfs)
Date Watershed County
1-80CW379A South Boulder Creek 15/2 12/2/80 St Vrain Creek Boulder
Potential for Injury
The Applicants' proposed change of water rights may result in an expansion of use that could injure
the Board's instream flow water right on South Boulder Creek. The Applicants' proposed plan for
augmentation may injure the Board's instream flow water right on South Boulder Creek by not
replacing depletions in time, place and amount due to the exposure of ground water and other
evaporati~~e losses.
Other Objectors
The City of Boulder, the Water Users Association of District No. 6, the City of Louisville, and the
City of Lafayette also filed Statements of Opposition to this application.