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Scope of Work <br />Town of Walden Water Supply Improvement Project <br />Illinois and Michigan Rivers. This analysis will be used to quantify the amount of <br />water available for municipal use and/ or augmentation use. <br />4.3 - Obtain a Water Court Decree Changing the Use of the Walden Reservoir Shares <br />The Town's water attorney will prepare and f ile a Water Court application to change <br />the use of the Town's six shares of Walden Reservoir. The Engineer will assist the <br />water attorney with the engineering inf ormation to prepare the application and will <br />provide any expert reports and testimony needed to obtain approval of the <br />application. This application could be opposed and may require 8 months or longer to <br />complete if diligently pursued. <br />4.4 - Obtain a Water Court Decree Approving a Plan for Augmentation Using the <br />Walden Reservoir Shares <br />The Engineer will assist the Town's water attorney in using the historical consumptive <br />use quantified in the change of use application to file a plan for augmentation to allow <br />the changed shares in Walden Reservoir to be used to augment depletions f rom junior <br />wells and new wells in the Town of Walden. This application will be filed <br />concurrently with the change in use application. The Engineer will provide expert <br />reports and testimony needed to support the application. This application could be <br />opposed and could take up to 8 months to obtain approval if it is diligently pursued. <br />The Engineer will provide support in any negotiations with objectors to the <br />application. <br />Task 4 Requirements <br />^ The Engineer will provide the engineering support and expert reports to the <br />Town's water attorney in the change of water right and plan f or augmentation <br />applications. <br />^ The Town's water attorney will prosecute the applications diligently with <br />assistance from the Engineer and the Town. <br />Task 4 Deliverables <br />^ A Water Court approved change in use of the six shares of Walden Reservoir <br />water f or municipal and augmentation uses. <br />^ A Water Court approved plan for augmentation allowing the Walden Reservoir <br />augmentation use water to be used to augment the Town's Hansen Park well or <br />other wells in the Town. <br />5 <br />