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Water Supply Reserve Account - Grant Application Form <br />Fonn Revised May 2007 <br />Effectively, this initiative is an attempt to get owners of wells near the Arickaree to take advantage of <br />USDA program opportunities that might otherwise go to the owners of wells located much further from the rivers <br />and in locations where retirements will have a much diminished impact on flows. <br />For the CREP opportunity, TNC is seeking 569,960 to retire two wells irrigating three fields totaling <br />approximately 360 acres in conjunction with the Republican River CREP. One well is located 0.7 miles from the <br />Arickaree. It irrigates approximately 120 acres, and TNC is proposing to pay 5433 acre to make up the <br />difference in the net present vahre of what the CREP would pay to retire this well along the Arickaree in <br />comparison to what it would pay to retire a well located a similar distance from the North or South Fork of the <br />Republican. As match, the CREP would pay 51,067 acre for this well. The other well is located 4.4 miles from <br />the Arickaree. It irrigates two fields covering approximately 240 acres. Although this well is over four miles <br />from the Arickaree, TNC is proposing to pay an incentive of'S75acre to retire this well. The CREP would also <br />pay S1,007 acre for this well. 575. acre is a little more than 50% of the vahre of the CREP incentives for wells <br />located between 2 and 4 miles from the North or Soilth Fork of the Republican, but TNC believes thatpaying this <br />incentive is worthwhile for two reasons. First, CSU research indicates that the well is in a part of the aquifer <br />that is tributary, to the Arickaree and that its retirement will yield flow benefits for the Arickaree over time. <br />,Second' the fields are some of the few acres in a 49 mid area that are not in permanent grass cover. As such, <br />converting them to grass will improve the habitat integrity and value of this large block of habitat that runs all <br />the way down to the banks of the Arickaree River. <br />For the EQIP opportunity, TNC is seeking up to $24,960 to retire one well irrigating one 80-acre field in <br />conjunction with the Republican River EQIP at a maximum rate of 5312 acre. $312 is substantially less the net <br />present value difference in what E( <br />21P offers for a well at this distance from a river in a priority area and in a <br />non priority area. That difference is 5530 acre. The combined ESA and RR WCD payments would provide a <br />match of 5940 acre. This well is located 0.50 miles from the course of the Arickaree and draws directly from <br />the alluvial aquifer. As such, its retirement will provide for among the greatest flow benefits of any well along <br />the Arickaree River upon retirement. <br />For the inactive but permitted wells, TNC is seeking 55, 000 to cover the cost of a pump test on each well <br />($2,000 each) and an appraisal of the value of the existing permits only (52,000). This assessment will <br />determine whether it is worthwhile to develop funding and pay for the retirement of the permits on these two <br />wells and how much it would cost. <br />12