BOARD01148

• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1998
• Description: ISF Section - Statements of Opposition
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Agenda Item 16a
Case No. 1-97CW256; Florissant

Application Summary

This is an application for groundwater rights, approval of a plan for augmentation, and an
exchange of water on the Middle Fork of the South Platte River and Sacramento Creek
near Fairplay in Park County (see attached map). Applicant seeks to augment out-of-
priority depletions associated with operation of a well field near Florissant. To augment
depletions, the District has purchased shares of capital stock in the Mountain Mutual
Reservoir Company which owns the Guiraud 3T Ditch and Lower Sacramento Creek
Reservoir No. 1. During the irrigation season, Applicant proposes to replace depletions
with consumptive use credits associated with the Guiraud 3T Ditch water rights. During
the non-irrigation season, Applicant proposes to exchange water from the headgate of the
Guiraud 3T Ditch to the Lower Sacramento Creek Reservoir No. I under a priority date
of February 28, 1980. Applicant proposes a maximum exchange rate of 0.005 cfs.

CWCB Approoriations

The Board holds an instream flow right on this segment of the Middle Fork of the South
Platte River for 16 cfs, summer, and 8 cfs, winter, with an appropriation date of January
30, 1980, which could be injured by this application.

Potential for Iniury

The Applicant's plan for augmentation and exchange may not replace depletions to the
Middle Fork of the South Platte River in the same amount, timing, or locations at which
they occur.

Other Obiectors

The City of Thornton is the other objector in this case.

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