BOARD01695

• Board Meeting Date: 7/25/2006
• Description: ISF Section - Injury with Mitigation Proposal - Case No. 5-04CW238 - Application of S.G. Company
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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8.G. Company
Case No. 04CW238
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6. Proposed Change:

A.

TVIle and place of use: Applicant requests that the type of use of the water rights
described in sections 4.A. and B., above (the "Subject Water Rights") be changed
from irrigation purposes to irrigation, storage, recreation, fish and wildlife,
maintenance and preservation of wetlands, maintenance of oxbow fishery channel
improvements, substitution, exchange and fire protection, either directly or by
means of augmentation or replacement of depletions. Applicant also requests that
the places of use of the Subject Water Rights be changed from the existing places
of use to lands at other locations in the Colorado River basin. Applicant seeks a
quantification in acre-feet of the average annual historical conswnptive use
associated with the Subject Water Rights. Applicant's engineer estimates that the
average annual historical consumptive use associated with the 25.3 acres of hay
meadows historically irrigated by the Hamilton-Davidson Ditch water rights
sought to be changed by this application and sought to be changed by the GRC
Application is 33.1 acre-feet of which 30.4 acre-feet are claimed by applicant.
Applicant's engineer estimates that the average annual historical consUl1lptive use
associated with the 49.5 acres of hay meadows historically irrigated by the Sarah
Ditch water. rights sought to be changed by this application and sought to be
changed by the GRC Application is 64.8 acre-feet of which 59.5 acre-feet are
claimed by applicant.

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B. New place of storal!e: Applicant proposes that the subject Hamilton-Davidson
Ditch water rights be changed to allow storage at the following new points of
storage for the chariged uses described in the preceding paragraph:

(1) Mt. Powell Ranch Pond: described in section 3.A., above, by means of the
Hamilton-Davidson Ditch described in section 4.A., above.

(2) Additional storage structure(s) to be constructed by applicant in the
drainages of Slate Creek, Hay Camp Creek or Squaw Creek in Sections 13
or 14, Township 3 South, Range 79 West of the 6th P.M. to be filled by
means oCthe Hamilton-Davidson Ditch described in section 4.A., above.

PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION INCLUDING APPROPRIATIVE RIGHTS OF
EXCHANGE

7. Structures to be aUllmented:

A.

Oxbow Fisherv Habitat Proiect ("Oxbow Proiect"): The High Miller Ditch
Oxbow Enlargement described in section 2.A., above will be used to deliver water

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