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MOFGAN <br />SEDGWICH <br />� <br />This document is incorporated <br />into the contract by reference. <br />,� <br />WASMINGTON <br />LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT <br />�00 BROADWAY PLAZA, SUITE 12 / STERLING, CO 80751 / PHONE 970-522-1378 FAX 970-522-0848 <br />August 11, 2005 <br />Mr. Mike Serlet, PE <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) <br />1580 Logan Street, Suite 750 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />BEF: 2003 & 2004 AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY DROUGHT GRANT APPLICATION <br />�OR THE LOWER SOUTH PLATTE WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT WATER <br />ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE <br />Dear Mr. Serlet, <br />This letter and the enclosed documentation is in support of the Lower South Platte Water <br />Conservancy District's (LSPWCD) Water Activities Enterprise r.equest for funding through <br />Colorado's Agricultural Emergency Drought Response Grant for the 2003 and 2004 water years. <br />LSPWCD was formed in 1964 under the Water Conservancy District Act of 1937. The district <br />provides augmentation for 62 wells in Sedgwick County. These wells ope�ate under The Julesburg <br />Recharge Project (JRP) which has been in operation since 1990. The original JRP recharge facility <br />was created as a recharge demonstration project. It was carried out in association with the <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources and has proven to be a successful venture. In 1993 the JRP <br />was set up as a Water Activities Enterprise under LSPWCD. This created a program where <br />participating well users pay for all costs associated with the recharge project and well augmentation <br />while LSPWCD provides water and financial accounting for the project and helps to manage the <br />administration. <br />Well users under the operation of the LSPWCD plan must attain a permanent court approved <br />augmentation plan by 2007. LSPWCD has filed for a permanent Augmentation Plan (Case No. 02- <br />CW-320) and is set for a ten day trial in Water Division 1 District Water Court beginning April 16, <br />2007. Well users under the LSPWCD operated under Colorado State Engineer approved substitute <br />water supply plans during the 2003 and 2004 water years. LSPWCD fully augmented out-of- <br />priority depletions to the river as required by the state and division engineer. The replacement <br />supplies consisted of the generating and leasing of recharge accretion credits in addition to the <br />generating and leasing of augmentation well water. <br />I have completed all of the accounting necessary for the LSPWCD operations for the 2003 and <br />2004 water years. This involved the use of groundwater modeling (SDFView) to compute the <br />lagged well depletions and recharge accretions at the river. Acreage reports, electrical power <br />records and flow meter data were collected for the wells by district personnel, and records provided <br />by the water commissioner were utilized to quantify recharge site inflows. <br />