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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />January 2008 <br />a) A description of how, if implemented, the proposed program/project will protect property and water <br />rights. <br />All of the alternative agricultural water transfer methods that will be evaluated in this study will <br />consider the quantity and timing of historic return flows and will include provisions for <br />maintaining return flows, which will protect downstream, senior water rights from injury. <br />Property rights with respect to water and land will be protected because the goal of the <br />alternative transfer methods will be to maintain the irrigated status of lands from which water will <br />be transferred. In certain cases, land values may be increased due to the presence of a DU <br />wetland. <br />b) Identified gr°oup(s) of agricultural uses°s that are or may be willing to transfer a portion of their water <br />and identified entity(s), gr°oup(s) or area(s) whet°e the transferred watei° could or would be put to the <br />new use and a description of the new use. <br />As explained above in Section 2, DU will provide a list of agricultural water users who have <br />expressed interest in transferring agricultural water. Three specific projects for implementation <br />will be selected from this list of candidate projects. <br />Mater users who could acquire the transferred water (recharge credits for augmentation purposes <br />and replacement of historic return flows) and exchanged consumptive use credits for municipal <br />and industrial purposes include Aurora, other municipal suppliers, and various entitles seeking <br />water for augmentation plans, including well augmentation associations. The water acquired by <br />municipalities and industries could be put either to direct use or used in augmentation plans to <br />replace return flows from the use of changed shares or for other augmentation needs. For <br />example, Aurora might lease recharge credits from a DU wetland and divert the credits into the <br />Prairie ?Ylaters Project. Other water users who might make use of the water resulting from these <br />transfers would be irrigation well owners who need water for augmentation plans. For example, <br />members of the CC?XICD's Groundwater Management Subdistrict (GMS) may establish a long- <br />term lease of recharge credits from a DU wetland for inclusion in GMS's projection tool and in <br />the daily operation of their augmentation plan. <br />c) The progr°ana/project must at a minimum conceptually describe the technical, institutional, and legal <br />elements of the water transfer. Gi°ant monies naay be used to address one or more of these elements. <br />If grant monies are not requested for all three elements, the grant applicant must describe how the <br />applicant has or intends to address the elements, which are not included in the grant request, through <br />other ef}°orts. <br />This project will address the three elements of water transfers described above (technical, <br />institutional, and legal issues). <br />13