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HIlltN & WILLIAMSEN, PC. 303tllj165 ATTACHMENT Agenda Item CFc January 19, 1994 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 alan for auamentation, ..-4r- lAWMA has identified the following six tasks that it believel'l will bp. necessary to prepare the replacement plan and to fully define the scope of the project: Tesk 1 - Ass8ssina the impacts or Dotential imoacts of tho Rulina of the SD&clal 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: al "Yhether replacement will be required for total pumoin!l, 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 state line. 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 unde~ the 1980 storage account resolution in John Martin Reservoir. dl What are the appropriate criteria for determining times when unused flow is occurring in the Arkansas River in Kansas. Task 2 . DaveloDina the data collection and computiltional Drocedures to estimata the DumDinQ that occurs at lAWMA wells. This task will consist of developing th/l data collection and computational procedures necessary to estimate the pumping from the members' wells. It will involve the following work items: a) Continuin9 to update the well datd baf;e and IIH1.....,iIlY U:'-S u~.hJili()nul dotD becomea available. bl Compiling the results of the well testing program and evaluating the results for accuracy and adequacy. cl As necessary, collecting additional dilta 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