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e . . Consent Agenda Item I.d Case No. 6-05CW023; Application of Deerwood Service Company, LLC Application Summary This is an application for a change of water right and approval of a plan for augmentation and exchange near Steamboat Springs. Applicant plans to provide replacement water for any out-of- priority depletions that may result from the use of water by individuals and entities served by the Applicant through DP Well Nos. 3 and 4, Applicant seeks to change the water right decreed to Deerwood Pond to include augmentation, replacement, and exchange in order to allow Deerwood Pond (including 2nd and 3m fillings) to be used for augmentation ofDP Wells 3 and 4. Replacement water from Deerwood Pond will be released to Whetstone Creek, which joins Trout Creek. Since the pumping of water from the wells also depletes the flow of Trout Creek upstream of its confluence with Whetstone, Applicant proposes to exchange water to augment out-of-priority depletions that occurs upstream of the confluence of Trout Creek and Whetstone Creek. The maximum rate of the proposed exchange is 0.08 cfs with a June 28, 2005 appropriation date. CWCB Appropriations The Board holds the following instream flow water rights that may be injured by this application: CWCB Case Stream/Lake Amount Approp. Watershed County No. (cfs) Date 6-77W1338 Trout Creek 5 09/23/77 Yampa River Rout Potential for Injury: The Applicant's proposed change of water right may result in an expansion of use that could injure the Board's instream flow water rights on Trout Creek. The Applicant's proposed plan for augmentation including exchange may injure the Board's instream flow water rights on Trout Creek by not replacing depletions in time, place and amount. Other Objectors Staff was unable to obtain information on other statements of opposition to this application and will have that information at the Board meeting.