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live flow over the state line gage; thus savings here are diminished ground <br />water depletions. <br />William: Generally, calculation is .15 acre feet per acre feet retired; Arickaree <br />is less; but keeping a wetter Arickaree means more water to state line. <br />Joe Frai~lc: What about other two wells that you are studying? <br />William: Not active, so would be retiring the permits. <br />Hal Simpson: Owners of these three wells will not enroll these in EQUIP, so <br />asking for these incentives? <br />William: Yes, added incentives so that these owners would have the same <br />reason to enroll their wells... strictly voluntary; thus trying to do this in a <br />targeted manner. <br />Bill Jerke: Next month, if possible, please let us know re: how much <br />consumptive use. <br />Jean Bowery: Republican River Water Conservancy: Background <br />Assessments on ag land; dried up 2000 acres of compact allocated water; next <br />step: dry up surface rights, Bonny Evaporation; Dry up 106 wells; still 2000 <br />acft short to meet compact; not good enough for Kansas; thus, concept of <br />pipeline came in; assessments to farmers is $14/irrigated acre; have not come <br />to conclusion of assessment on wells; next item: need to dry up more surface <br />as on North Fork; pipeline would work...in compact compliance: 3% water: <br />pipe to gauge: 100% water; <br />Bruce Gerk: Personal interest in Republican Basin: Conservancy District has <br />done exceptional job to help us get into compliance. People in Republican <br />basin have worked hard to get us alto compliance; it behooves us to assist us <br />to accomplish this task. <br />V. Potential WSRA applications for March meeting: <br />• Georgetown and Blacktown Water Storage in Georgetown Lake <br />• Pinewood Springs Water District <br />• Plan of Study for Upper Mountain Counties <br />• Arickaree river Well Retirement Program <br />• Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory (working with Ducks Unlimited) <br />Updates on previously approved applications: <br />1) Chatfield Reallocation: Scott Knight on behalf of Lisa Darling; currently in <br />process of developing EIS with TetraTech, final draft expected to be done in <br />July of 08; would like to do presentation in August. <br />2) Clear Creek Water Bank/High Altitude Storage: Bert Weaver: <br />--refining a matrix as an evaluative tool for comparing nine different water <br />storage sites; <br />--the matrix will help us evaluate the sites quantitatively in consideration of a <br />range of coast/benefit factors; <br />11 <br />