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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I produced an average of 131 acre-feet annually. 11. Applicant proposes to change the water right and proposes an augmentation plan, as described below. 12. Applicant is changing its ~ interest to allow continued use of the water for irrigation until needed and then to make the water available on an annual basis to replace injurious, out-of- priority depletions to the Rio Grande basin, including the Rio Grande mainstem, its tributaries, and the confined and unconfined aquifers, from water use associated with non-agricultural wells and other diversion or storage structures within the boundaries of the District, as such boundaries may change from time to time pursuant to law, including but not limited to structures for ,livestock watering, pond evaporation, domestic, including lawn and landscape irrigation, in-house domestic, commercial, and industrial uses. The water will be stored as necessary in Rio Grande Reservoir, pursuant to an agreement between Applicant and the San Luis Valley Irrigation District ("Irrigation District"), or by exchange in Santa Maria and Continental Reservoirs pursuant to a separately decreed exchange right and any necessary agreements with the reservoir owners~ 13. Applicant's current agreement'with the San Luis Valley Irrigation District specifies that if water must be spilled from Rio Grande Reservoir, the Irrigation District may exchange Applicant's stored water into Santa Maria and Continental Reservoirs. If such exchange is not possible, the Irrigati~n District will spill water of the Irrigation District before spilling Applicant's water in storage. Also pursuant to that agreement, the Irrigation District may dedicate some of its water in storage to Applicant's augmentation plan for use as augmentation water when Applicant has insufficient water. In such a case, the Irrigation District's water will be traded for Applicant's water, and be used in this augmentation plan, subject to any further change of water rights or administrative approval by the Division Engineer as may be necessary. 14. This trade may only be made with the consent of the Irrigation District consistent with its authority to operate and manage the Rio Grande Reservoir. 15. The water will be released from these reservoirs upon demand by the State Engineer to replace injurious out-of-priority depletions caused by plan participants, subject to the terms of the Agreement between Applicant and the San Luis Valley Irrigation District. 16. Applicant will carry forward any stored water and IJ~OJ j:\SLVWCO\culing-IO A3 .