SPDSS_Task7-2_WellUseWellAugmentationPlans

Ditch company personnel indicated an augmentation well is included in the pending Water Court application to amend the augmentation plan. The specific augmentation well could not be identified in review of HydroBase associations and water rights, as summarized in Table 4. Table 4 Fort Mor an Canal Au mentation Plan Au mentation Well/Rechar a Well Water Rights 11ID W U Su 1 e se Amount Admin. No. A .Date Various Augmentation Various Augmentation Plan Operations Operating rules to replace river depletions from well pumping include the following in order of use: 1. Well depletions (stored under plan ID 0102528) should be replaced year-round by natural flows when in priority, i.e., when no downstream call or when downstream call is junior to common priority date of June 7, 1969 (admin. no. 43622.0) used for wells in Fort Morgan augmentation plan. 2. Well depletions (stored under plan ID 0102528) should be replaced year-round with available recharge accretions from canal seepage (stored under plan ID 0102528_P1C) and recharge seepage (stored under plan ID 0102528_P1R). 3. Remaining irrigation season well depletions should be replaced with a bypass of a portion of the Fort Morgan Canal direct flow water right. Operation of a bypass requires maintenance of historical return flows, which should be added to the well depletion Plan structure demand (ID 0102528). 4. Remaining well depletions year-round should be replaced with Jackson Lake storage releases from Fort Morgan R&I Co. account. Credits in the river are based on a decreed factor of 42 percent credit in the river (i.e., 10 cfs Jackson Lake storage release provides 4.2 cfs river credit). Note the canal company has never released water from Jackson Lake to receive direct credit in the river. 5. Remaining well depletions year-round should be met with augmentation well pumping when the augmentation wells are in priority. A-57 ofA-106