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I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I II I . . the availability of grant and loan funds from the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the availability of suitable replacement sources. Initially, LAWMA plans to operate under annual written plans, but eventually plans to adjudicate a permanent plan for augmentation. LA WMA has identified the following six tasks that it believes will be necessary to prepare the replacement plan and to fully define the scope of the project: Task 1 - Assessina the impacts or potential impacts of the Rulina of the Special Master. A ruling is expected from the Special Master in Kansas v. Colorado in January. This ruling could have a major impact on the level and timing of well regulation imposed by the State Engineer and on the amount of replacement water that will have to be provided by LAWMA. This task, therefore, will consist of studying the ruling when it becomes available and of assessing its impact on LAWMA's replacement water requirements. In particular, the following issues will be considered during the assessment of the impacts of the ruling: a) Whether replacement will be required for total pumping, pumping that occurs during Thursday through Sunday, pumping that occurs from post-compact wells, or some combination thereof. b) What level of replacement, if any, will have to be made to Kansas at the stateline. and for which class or classes of well users will the replacement have to be made. c) Whether Colorado can take credit for the benefits that accrue to Kansas under the 1980 storage account resolution in John Martin Reservoir. d) What are the appropriate criteria for determining times when unused flow is occurring in the Arkansas River in Kansas. Task 2 - Developina the data collection and computational procedures to estimate the pumpina that occurs at LAWMA wells. This task will consist of developing the data collection and computational procedures necessary to estimate the pumping from the members' wells. It will involve the following work items: a) Continuing to update the well data base and mapping as additional data becomes available. b) Compiling the results of the well testing program and evaluating the results for accuracy and adequacy. c) As necessary, collecting additional data and information concerning the use of the members' wells. This additional data and information will document specific practices such as whether the well water is used in conjunction with surface water and whether there is greater reliance on well water during certain seasons of the year. 4