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• <br />ExhibitA <br />� <br />RRWCD Compact Compliance Pipetine <br />Scope of Work <br />August 30, 2007 <br />Republican River Compact Compliance Pipeline <br />Scope of Work <br />Project Overview <br />To settle issues related to the Republican River compact and avoid a lawsuit, the States of <br />Colorado, Kansas, and Nebraska successfully negotiated and entered into a Final Settlement <br />Stipulation. This Stipulation was presented to Special Master McKusick in December 15, 2002. <br />The United States Supreme Court approved the Stipulation on May 19, 2003, and accepted the <br />recommendation and Final Report of the Special Master, including final dismissal of the case <br />with prejudice on October 20, 2003. To meet the terms of this Stipulation, the Colorado State <br />Engineer must discharge the obligarions of the State of Colorado impased by Republican River <br />Compact. <br />Under the Stipulation, Colorado can acquire or construct wells to offset stream depletions in order <br />to comply with its Compact obligations. A"Compact Compliance Pipeline" would be supplied <br />with water by the retirement of lands irrigated by ground water. The "retired" wells would need <br />to be located 10 to 15 miles from the North Fork of the Republican River. The quantity of ground <br />water historically pumped from those wells would be conveyed by the pipeline to a location <br />upstream from the Compact gauging station near the Colorado-Nebraska State Line. <br />The Stipulation allows Colorado to receive credit for the ground water delivered under this plan <br />to offset stream depletions. Determination of the net depletions from these wells will be <br />computed by the Ttepublican River Compact Administration Groundwater Model and included in <br />the State's computed consumptive use. The amount of ground water that can be delivered <br />through the Pipeline is expected to be considerably greater than the net depletions cause by <br />pumping these wells. Therefore, the Pipeline is one option the District has to assist Colorado in <br />ineering its Compact obligations. The purpose of the planning effort to be completed in 2007 is <br />to study the feasibility of the Pipeline as genera7ly described above. <br />The purpose of the Pipeline is to deliver the transferable consumptive use from lands formerly <br />irrigated by ground water to the North Fork of the Republican River. If constructed, this pipeline <br />project will assist the State of Colorado to carry out the State's duty to comply with the Compact. <br />The Pipeline is anticipated to convey 10,000 to 20,000 acre-feet per year. With a well and <br />delivery monitoring system in place, it will be possible to adjust pumping from the wells and the <br />pipeline outflows to account for precipitation and Compact demands. This flexibility is important <br />to minimizing any negative impacts on local irrigators and minimizing the costs for well <br />pumping. <br />The District's Water Activity Enterprise, in cooperation with the Colorado DWR, has received a <br />Non-Reimbursable Investment of $50,000 from the CWCB Water Project Constructi.on Program. <br />This funding will allow the District to undertake the study and to assist Colorado in compiying <br />with the Compact while sustaining ground water resources within the Republican River Basin. <br />� GEI Consultants, Inc. <br />GEI , <br />