PUB00114

• Year: 1997
• Title: Arkansas Groundwater Users Association - 1997 Plan Year Arkansas River Replacement Plan
• CWCB Section: Stream & Lake Protection
• Author: Rocky Mountain Consultants, Inc.
• Description: Application for plan to divert tributary groundwater in the Arkansas River Basin, Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

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6.2 Board of Water Works of Pueblo Sources

AGUA has purchased a minimum of3,OOO acre-feet of trans mountain or otherwise fully
consumable water from Pueblo with the right to purchase an additional 2,000 acre-feet for a total of
up to 5,000 acre-feet. This water may be from any reusable sources owned by Pueblo including
direct flow transmountain imports (Busk-Ivanhoe, Wurtz, Columbine and Ewing), stored
transmountain water (the same sources reduced to storage in Pueblo, Clear Creek, Twin Lakes, or
Turquoise Reservoirs plus Twin Lakes water, and Homestake water), changed water rights decreed
for augmentation use including those of Pueblo's West Pueblo Ditch shares, and fully consumable
municipal return flow credits derived from the municipal use of any transmountain or otherwise fully
consumable waters. Water from Pueblo is available on a monthly basis as needed by AGUA. A
copy of the agreement between AGUA and Pueblo will be forwarded to the Division Engineer's
Office prior to March 31, 1997. If all of the Pueblo water were to come from Clear Creek Reservoir,
the transit loss of approximately 10 percent from high mountain storage to Pueblo would reduce the
replacement credits available to a minimum of2,700 acre-feet and up to 4,500 acre-feet. Transit
losses from the actual point of origin of the waters to Reach I will be used for determining the actual
replacement credits available from this source.

AGUA also has the right to utilize up to 50 acre-feet of trans mountain water leased from the
Board of Water Works of Pueblo by Owl Canyon LLC for the Chico Creek Dairy wells. Because
there will be less than 0.01 acre-feet of lagged replacement requirement for the dairy during the 1997
plan year, AGUA will have the entire 50 acre-feet available for its replacements.

6.3 Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District Sources

AGUA has purchased Fryingpan-Arkansas Project first use and return flow water from the
District for use in this plan. AGUA has requested 1,000 acre-feet of known Fry-Ark return flows
from previous uses of Project water, and 600 acre-feet of Fry-Ark return flow water intended for use
replacing depletions to Fountain Creek. Known return flows will be used to replace depletions on
the Arkansas River below Pueblo Reservoir. Return flow credits from Fry-Ark project water will be

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