C153808 Feasibility Study

• Contract/PO #: C153808
• Contractor Name: Arkansas Groundwater Users Association
• Contract Type: Loan
• Water District: 14
• County: Pueblo
• Bill Number: ARA
• Loan Projects - Doc Type: Feasibility Study

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Chapter IX - Remaining Augmentation Requirements

The purchase of 1,007 shares of Excelsior Ditch water will, on an average basis, yield approximately

752 acre-feet of augmentation replacement credits between March and November of each year.

AGUA's estimated annual future well head replacement requirements are 8,933 acre-feet, of which

224 acre-feet are on the Arkansas River above Pueblo Reservoir, 713 acre-feet are on Fountain Creek,

and 7,996 acre-feet are on the Arkansas River below Pueblo Reservoir. The 752 acre-feet of Excelsior

Ditch water will reduce the total remaining augmentation requirement to 8,181 acre-feet and reduce

the Arkansas River below Pueblo Reservoir augmentation requirement to 7,244 acre-feet.

Table IX-1 summarizes AGUA's average monthly future replacement requirements on the Arkansas

River below Pueblo Reservoir and average monthly Excelsior Ditch replacement credits. Comparing

the monthly replacement credits to the monthly allgmentation requirements in this reach of the

Arkansas River, shows that on an average basis, all of the Excelsior Ditch credits can be used to reduce

the augmentation requirements.

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