Environmental Assessment for the Tamarack Groundwater Recharge Project

• Description: Environmental Assessment ‎(EA)‎ for the Tamarack Ground Water Recharge Project at Tamarack State Wildlife Area and Pony Express State Wildlife Area related to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program ‎(PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 3/31/1999
• Author: Colorado Division of Wildlfe ‎(DOW)‎
• Title: Environmental Assessment ‎(EA)‎ for the Tamarack Managed Ground Water Recharge Project at Tamarack State Wildlife Area and Pony Express State Wildlife Area
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

PROPOSED PLATTE
WVER RECO'VERV &WLEME
APPENDIX A, WATER COMPONENT TION PROGRAM,
TAB 3A
COLO.RADO,S T
A,MARA,CK PLAN
I• PP10JECT DESCRDP�iON
The Tamarack Plan involves
water facilities in Colorado t trere e of Partici a '
P tang existing and �
Physical demands for water ' gulate flows that are in excess of 1te e wells and other
related goals of in Colorado in a gal rights to and
the Platte River Recovery manner that is consistent with geographic Iocation of ry Implementation consistent the fl
results from the T the Tamarack Plan near the state line gram. As a result of the
during the wrack Plan is estimated to ' , groundwater recharge
acre -feet over Period of App through September bincrease flows at the Julesb that
the flows that would Otherwise P Y an average of approximately gage
TrOgram description, all signatories occur during that PProxunately lO,Opp
Tamarack Plan and have agreed that the combined ti stated the
and be credited the other reregulating Projects ' Ined °Perations
with reducing flow shortages b m the Proposed of the
Operation of the comOgram shall score
Colorado law f ponents of the Tamarack ���� acre -feet. Water
for beneficial uses ' amarack PIa.n will be obtained rights for the
in Colorado. and exercised under
Participat�g wells, ditches or other faciii '
operated for Proposes other ties, and associated
not by way of 1' than those associated water right,
imitatidli augmentation with the Program ,for s, ay also be
native species and �,• PUTOses and ample but
references to ildlife. Such operations Protection and e
this Plan do not ' are not pa of the Tamarack of
include such operations wrack Plan, and
The components of the T
state line beg Tamarack Plan will be developed
Colorado Division oft about the Tamarack Ranch Sta wiwl within the 40
Wildlife near dlife Ar- o miles above the
Crook, Colorado. These owned
by the
wells located adjacent to
alluvial aquifer and the SOUth Platte River that divert f acfllties w� include
Percolates into the canals that divert water from the Sou groundwater from the
Platte River at a later °�dwateT alluvium from d� Platte River.
these facilities will return to Water that
time. canals and
for Program or other Purposes, to recharge the South
recharge or seepage , and inflows for basins will be identified as
acre -feet will be computed as • Prol�am Purposes
will be determined inflows minus evaporation. will be measured and
areas of the recharge by using available weather sta Evaporation in
With high • sites. Recharge basins tton data and
filtration rates such that free wins are typically locates ill the surface
water surface arms ui sandy upland areas
are minimal, resulting in