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Water Diversion <br />tab <br />Wet Season <br />Scenario <br />• Water in river plentiful <br />• Water rights for irrigatioi <br />• Not growing season <br />• Divert to recharge pond <br />• Gain credits for aquifer recharge <br />Artificial Recharge of Ground Water in Colorado <br />A Statewide Assessment <br />Ditch <br />Recharge <br />pond <br />Mater <br />ble <br />Water Diversion <br />table <br />Recharge <br />Ditch pond (dry) <br />_ - -- Water <br />table <br />" y Field <br />River <br />Dry Season, <br />Alternative A <br />Scenario <br />• Water in river limited <br />• Water rights for field out of priority <br />• Growing season <br />• Divert water to field for irrigation <br />• Claim credits for previous wet season recharge <br />r♦ = diverted water /depletions to tributary system <br />Recharge <br />Water Diversion Ditch pond (dry) <br />Water <br />table C_ table <br />- — <br />� Field �;�, V <br />R °iG <br />Dry Season, <br />Alternative B <br />Scenario <br />• Water in river limited <br />• Water rights for field out of priority <br />• Growing season <br />• Pump water from aquifer for irrigation <br />• Claim credits for recharge <br />Figure III -4. Artificial recharge as augmentation for tributary ground water. During the wet season, water is diverted in- <br />priority for artificial recharge (upper block diagram). Water continues to be diverted later in the dry season (Alternative <br />A or B), this time for irrigation, even if the junior water rights are out of priority. Augmentation credits from the artificial <br />recharge allow for continuing diversions. <br />