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- <br /> Sedgwick County Well Users, Inc. <br /> • 2859 County Road 26, Sedgwick, CO 80749-9508 <br /> (970) 463-5739 <br /> March 24, 2006 <br /> Mr. Mike Serlet, PE <br /> Colorado Water Conservation Board <br /> 1580 Logan Street, Suite 750 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> REF: AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY DROUGHT GRANT APPLICATION FOR 2005 <br /> Dear Mike: <br /> This letter and the enclosed information is in support of the Sedgwick County Well Users, Inc. <br /> (SCWU) request for funding for year 2005 through Colorado's Agricultural Emergency Drought <br /> Response Grant. SCWU was formed April 30, 2003 as an organization of agricultural well users <br /> and one municipal well (Town of Sedgwick)to allow its members to continue to use their wells in <br /> Sedgwick County(136 wells total) by complying with Colorado state laws and regulations. <br /> SCWU is incorporated under the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act as evidenced by <br /> receipt from the Colorado Secretary of State dated May 8, 2003. SCWU has received from the <br /> • U.S. Internal Revenue Service recognition of tax exemption under Section 501(a) as a 501(c) (12) <br /> irrigation or like organization and that notice is attached. <br /> The specific purpose of SCWU is the development, adjudication and continued operation of a plan <br /> of augmentation for its member wells. Member wells are monitored, depletions to the river are <br /> computed and assessments levied. These assessments are utilized to lease replacement water <br /> supplies and pay the attorney and engineering costs associated with obtaining the final Water <br /> Court approved Augmentation Plan, Case No. 03-CW-209, which was signed by the Water Court <br /> in September 2005. <br /> A seven person Board of Directors governs SCWU. The current Board Members are as follows: <br /> David E. Nein, President <br /> Rob McClary, Vice President <br /> Peter Walter, Secretary <br /> James H. Parker, Treasurer <br /> Glen Toyne <br /> Don Schneider <br /> David Toyne <br /> For 2005, SCWU has operated under a Colorado State Engineer approved Substitute Water Supply <br /> Plan. SCWU fully augmented the out-of-priority depletions to the river as required by the State <br /> and Division Engineer. The replacement supplies consisted of leasing recharge accretion credits <br /> • <br />