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<br />,. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />which is also estimated to be the average annual recharge to the aquifer. <br />Wells placed in the deepest part of the alluvium near the lower end of <br />the basin can expect to intercept and sustain consumptive use of at <br />least 1500 acre-feet per year. The quality of water in the Hay <br />Gulch alluvium is very good and because no irrigation is practiced on the <br />overlying land, the water quality ca'l be expected to remain high. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The hydrologic and geologic anftlyses made of the three aquifers have <br /> <br /> <br />resulted in recommendations for first, second and third choice as supplies <br /> <br /> <br />for the proposed Morgan County Quality Water District as follows: <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />First choice <br /> <br />Hay Gulch alluvium <br />Camp Creek alluvium <br />Lost Creek alluvium <br /> <br />Second choice <br />Third choice <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water rights <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />If the Hay Gulch alluvium is used for the water supply to serve the <br /> <br /> <br />proposed Morgan County Quality Water District, the water supply will. be <br /> <br /> <br />derived from a designated ground-water basin. The Lost Creek designated <br /> <br /> <br />ground-water basin was established in 1968 and includes the Hay Gulch <br /> <br /> <br />drainage area as well as the Lost Creek area. Ground water in a designated <br /> <br /> <br />ground-water basin is excluded from the Water Rights Determination and <br /> <br /> <br />Administration Act of 1969. Designated ground water is administered by <br /> <br /> <br />the Colorado Ground Water Commission. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Colorado Ground Water Commission has granted perm~ts for drilling <br /> <br /> <br />six wells in the Hay Gulch alluvium. As of this writing, March 1975, three <br /> <br /> <br />of the wells have been drilled, a fourth well permit has expired, and <br /> <br /> <br />wells will be drilled as allowed by the other two permits in the near <br /> <br /> <br />future. These permits are all for irrigation purposes. The permitted <br /> <br /> <br />pumping rates, annual appropriations, and locations for the five remaining <br /> <br /> <br />valid well permits are given in Table 3. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />- 8 <br /> <br />M. W. BITTINGER AND ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />