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h��Y-12-2005 THU 12;35 PM TROUT WITWER & FREEMAN <br />r , � ♦� <br /> �? <br />�' i . <br />� �. . <br />Apri126, 2005 <br />Rod Kuharich, Di.rector <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />., <br />;:�:�- , � <br />Re: AGRICULTYI'R.AL EMERGENC'Y DROUGHT GRANT APPLZCATION <br />Dear Mr. Kuharich: <br />1. The T.owe�r Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy Disixict ("LAVW'CD'� is requesting <br />an agricultu�ral emergency drought grant in the amount of $149,514.14 tti pay for <br />w'ater to replace Colorado's stateline obli,gatians pursuant to Kansas v. Colorado. <br />2. The primary contact far this Application is Petez� D. Nichols, Bsq., Trout, Raley, <br />Montano, Witwer � Freeman, P.C., 1120 T�incaln Street, Suite 1600, Denver, C� <br />80203; Tel: 303-339-5825; e-mail: pnichols@troutlaw.com. <br />3. The purpose of the grant is to reimbutse the Y.AVWCb for its costs to acquixe water <br />to meet Colorada's obligation to T�.ansas for drought-related unreplaced stateline <br />depletions due Kansas under Kansas v. Colorado. Steve Witte, Division Engineer, <br />currentl� (Apri125, 2005) estimates Colara.do's abligation at 6,824 acre-feet from <br />1997 through 20Q4 using the court-approved H-T Model. According to Mr. Witte, <br />n�.ns of the H-T Model for the pre-drought period 1997-1999 shor�ved an accretion to <br />usable stateline flows, that is, Colorado had. a credit of 3,074 acre-feet going into the <br />drought that began in 2000. 5imilarly, recent model runs have projected a declining <br />Colorado replacc�ent obliga�:on as the azea emerges from the 2000 to 2004 drou�ht, <br />and alsa from recent deliveries of replacement water by �oundwater users, such as <br />LAWMA. <br />To date, 2,000 acre-feet from the Pueblo Board of Water Works have been. booked <br />into John Martin Reserv'oir for this purpase. Water from Twin Lakes, Colorado <br />Cana]/Lake Meredith, the Larkspur Ditch, and additional �vater leased from the <br />Puebla Boazd of VV'ater Warks will be delivered by the LAVWCD pursuant to orders <br />from the Division �ngineer. See enclosed letter from Ste�re Witte dated Apri125, <br />2005. <br />FAX N0. 3038324465 <br />Y� / \ 4-" � a <br />P, 02 <br />DISTRICT <br />Appendix 1 to Contract C150212 <br />_ ,, T ,„ Seruin� Ben�, Cro�ley, Ot�ero, Pro�er,r and' Pueblo countie.r <br />