C150042 Report

• Contract/PO #: C150042
• Contractor Name: Rio Grande Restoration Project Enterprise
• Contract Type: Grant
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Report

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JOHN UNDEM CARLSON
(1940 - 1992)
MARY MEAD HAMMOND
WILLIAM A. PADDOCK
MELANIE KOPPERUD BACKES
LEE H. JOHNSON
PETER C. FLEMING
CARLSON, HAMMOND 8C PADDOCK
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
TELEPHONE [phone]
TELECOPIER [phone]
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1700 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 3900
DENVER,COLORADO 80203
November 19, 1992
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Mr. William J. Killip, II
Special Projects Manager
State Board of Land Commissioners
1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Re: San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District
Dear Bill:
I am writing on behalf of the San Luis Valley Water
Conservancy District (the ��District") to request permission to use
a portion of the state lands in Section 1, Township 40 North, Range
6 East, for the purpose of conducting a groundwater recharge
project. Enclosed is a completed permit application and an
application fee of $100.00. Please consider this letter as part of
and a supplement to the application. •
By letter to you dated March 31, 1992, John U. Carlson
requested permission for the District to enter upon the above
described state lands for the purpose of conducting an
investigation of those lands for their suitability to the proposed
project. By letter dated April 30, 1992, the Board of Land
Commissioners granted the District permission to enter the lands
and conduct the investigation. That investigation is now completed
and the District desires to move forward with the proposed project.
' Enclosed is a letter from John Al1en Davey, the engineer for
the District, which explains the scope of the proposed groundwater
recharge project. Also enclosed is a sketch of the proposed
' project facilities prepared by Mr. Davey. Please consider these
items as part of and supplements to the application. They also
constitute the findings of the District's investigation conducted
pursuant to the earlier permission to enter the land, and are
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The initial phase of the proposed project will be to
' reactivate two existing diversions from Lateral Nos. 5 and 5A of
the Rio Grande Canal, and to run some recharge water through those
laterals into the drainage area. Then, after observing the
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recharge rate and verifying that the soils in the area are
appropriate for the proposed recharge project, the next phase of
the proposed project is to construct the additional diversions and
small dams as indicated on the enclosed sketch.
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