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<br />Need for the Project <br /> <br />The SDC owns in their wells what is considered a very junior <br />water right. There are numerous downstream ditches, a reservoir, <br />and the Interstate Compact with Nebraska which all have senior <br />water rights to the SDC wells. Some of these rights are close to <br />100 years senior to their wells. Having wells for irrigation <br />requires that the depletions from the pumping of the wells be <br />replaced during times when there is a ~call" on the river by a <br />senior downstream water right. Some of the SDC wells have had <br />partial coverage of these depletions through their own <br />augmentation plans by generating credits from artificial <br />recharge. GASP has successfully been used to cover the remainder <br />of the depletions on these wells. GASP operates on a year to year <br />basis with no guarantee of continued coverage. The current <br />drought has brought to the foreground just how difficult it is to <br />provide adequate augmentation for well users. GASP has even <br />indicated to its members that if the drought continues well <br />pumping maybe curtail~d this summer. <br /> <br />The SDC wants to develop additional augmentation supplies to be <br />used to offset the depletions caused by their 43 wells. By <br />generating more augmentation SDC can protect themselves from <br />possible curtailment and help GASP strengthen its coverage in the <br />same area of the river. <br /> <br />Feasibility Study <br />Springdale Ditch Company <br />Augmentation Project <br />May 2003 <br /> <br />2 <br />