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. DECREE PROPOSED FOR SETTLEMENT BETWEEN SAN LUIS VALLEY IRRIGTlON DISTRICT AND THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD MAY 13, 2005 and conditions of this Decree, to replace out-of-priority stream depletions to the Rio Grande mainstem, its tributaries, and the confined and unconfined aquifers that are caused by existing Participating Structures presently included in the District's Augmentation Program and augmented pursuant to the decrees issued in Case Nos. 84CW16, 93CW43 and 94CW62, District Court, Water Division No.3, and any new structures of a similar type located within the District's boundaries, as those boundaries may change from time to time. 14. The decree in 86CW30 identified the amount of credit water available for use in a subsequent augmentation plan without applying further limitations or terms and conditions on the use of that water, However, in years of low runoff in the upper Rio Grande basin the water rights listed in paragraph 9 above may be out-of-priority or limited by available streamflow. The schedules and administrative provisions set forth below have been developed, pursuant to discussions and agreement between the Division and State Engineers and the Applicant, to prevent injury to vested water rights, a. Proiected Flows of less than 200.000 acre-feet: Natural Resources . Conservation Service (UNRCS") projected flows ofthe Rio Grande River near the Del Norte gauging station for the April through September period of less than 200,000 acre-feet indicate extreme drought. During these periods it will be necessary to administer the BAR. Cattle Credit Water with consideration for the calling priority and available streamflow from the decreed sources for that water and the Division Engineer shall develop and maintain the accounting forms necessary for the calculation of available BAR. Cattle Credit Water during these extreme drought periods. The amount of credit water available for use in the District's Augmentation Program when flows are projected at less than 200,000 acre-feet shall be determined based upon a daily examination of the calling priority and available streamflow. BAR. nCattlenCredit Water a\lailablelor useJn. tbe.Djstricts.6ugmeJltatioJJ..PmgI<!!Jl wb~n flows are projected at less than 200,000 acre-feet will be calculated based upon historic application efficiency of the underlying water rights described in paragraph 9 above. Those water rights have historically been used for flood irrigation of pasture. The application efficiency of the water was estimated in Case No. 86CW30 to be thirty percent (30%), Thus, of the water applied to the fields, thirty percent (30%) was consumed by the vegetation and seventy percent (70%) returned to the stream system. In recognition of this historic practice, the amount of credit water available Page 8 of 21 .