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Alt Ag Water Transfer Grants
Basin Roundtable
South Platte
Applicant
Parker Water and Sanitation District
Description
Lower South Platte Irrigation Research and Demonstration
Board Meeting Date
11/18/2008
Alt Ag Water - Doc Type
Grant Application
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Alternative Agricultural Water Transfer Methods -Grant Application Form <br />January 2008 <br />concerns in some areas, particularly along the Front Range". (SWSI, November 2004) This study provides a potential <br />pathway to reduce the reliance of Front Range communities on Denver Basin water resources while, at the same time, <br />preserving the very important rural economies. <br />d) The proposed project/program advances the preservation of high value agricultural lands. Value <br />can be viewed as: the value of crops produced, the value the agriculture provides to the local <br />community, and the value the agricultural area provides for open space and wildlife habitat. <br />This research study has the express intent of maximizing the value of existing agricultural land and preserving <br />that value even if some of the transferable consumptive use water is removed from the land. Crops will continue to be <br />produced on these lands under the concepts of this research, and value that is lost due to reduced crop yields will be <br />replaced by the municipal entities changing a portion of the water supply so that the farmers' value in their land is <br />undiminished. In fact, value may increase due to municipal interests essentially guaranteeing a value for the crops. <br />e) The proposed project/program addresses water quality, or provides other environmental benefits <br />to rivers, streams and wetlands. <br />Water quality will be unaffected because the lands are kept in production. With "buy and dry", erosion can <br />increase, causing increased sediment loads and impacts to riparian corridors. Therefore, this project preserves the <br />status quo relative to water quality. Since irrigation return flow patterns have to be maintained to the extent to protect <br />vested downstream water rights, there will not a significant change in either stream flows or flows to existing wetlands <br />areas. <br />fj The proposed project/program increases our understanding of and quantifies program costs. This <br />could include: institutional, legal, technical and third party impacts. <br />This study will provide the methods that can be used to quantify transferable consumptive use water, as well <br />as the means to administer these water rights. Therefore, the costs to conduct such a program will be developed <br />through this research. Furthermore, economic impacts associated with reduced crop yields and the methods that could <br />be employed to keep the farmers whole economically will also be evaluated as part of this research. The economic <br />analyses will also evaluate the effects to the local rural economies, i.e. the ripple effect on third parties that are not <br />directly involved in this study. The study will also quantify costs and impacts related to the methods for transferring <br />some of the water off the land. <br />g) The proposed project/program does not adversely affect access to other sources of water (not <br />subject to/participating in the program) where owners of these water rights may wish to pursue <br />traditional transfer of their rights to other users. <br />This project does not affect any other water rights as the water being used for this study is all taken from <br />adjudicated points of diversion, out of priority diversions are fully augmented, and ditch diversions are regulated <br />through the mutual ditch companies. Should there be a change of use proceeding in Division 1 Water Court, the <br />change will not result in any new depletions to the stream and return flow patterns will be maintained to the extent that <br />they protect vested downstream water rights. Other users within the mutual ditch companies are not hindered in <br />maintaining their historic uses and/or pursuing a traditional change of use because of this study. <br />h) The proposed project/program provides a perpetual water supply for the new and/or alternate use <br />15
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