2013-10-02_PERMIT FILE - C1981019A (3)

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RULE 2 PERMITS inversely related to stream dischazge. Water quality in Taylor Creek is characterized by generally low concentration of major ions. The water is primarily acalcium-bicarbonate type, with low TDS ranging from 472 to 500 mg/L (CDM, 19856). TDS concentrations measured at USGS gaging stations in the in Good Spring, Taylor, Wilson, and Jubb Creeks near Axial, Colorado in 1999 and 2000 ranged from 167 mg/L in Taylor Creek to 1,660 mg/L in Jubb Creek (Table 2.04.7-32). Mean TDS concentrations range from 590 mg/L in upper Wilson Creek to 1089 mg/L in lower Good Springs Creek. The USGS has discontinued monitoring at most of these stations. Ir`1I u Sufficient water rights to Good Spring Creek aze held by Colowyo to allow them to avoid using the volume of water that is diminished during and after mining. Colowyo is a lazge surface water right owner in the Upper Yampa area (Water District 44) of Colomdo Water Division 6. Included in these rights are several diversions on Good Spring Creek controlled by Colowyo. The appropriation date on these diversions owned by Colowyo are in the 1890's, making them the most senior rights on Good Spring Creek. Therefore, any reduction in base flow can be met by Colowyo not exercising their water rights on Good Spring Creek in the amount of the reduction of the base flow, if it is found to be necessary. Please see table below defining current water rights owned by Colowyo on Good Springs Creek. Water Ri ht Name Twsh Ran a Sect 160 40 Appropriation Date Rate Amount CPS Volume Amount ACFT ARTHUR COLLOM DITCH 4N 93W 23 SE NE 1685-05-10 0.1000 ELK HORN DITCH 3N 93W 2 SE NW 1883-03-20 1.2300 GOOD SPRING DITCH NO 1 3N 93W 2 SE SW 1865-OS-20 0.5000 GOOD SPRINGS DITCH NO 2 3N 93W 2 SE SW 1885-OS-20 1.0000 JOSEPH COLLOM DESERT LAND DITCH 3N 93W 11 NE NW 1883-03-20 0.5000 SPRING CREEK DITCH 2 4N 93W 26 NE NW 1887-06-30 0.5800 SPRING CREEK DITCH 2 4N 93W 26 NE NW 1887-06-30 0.2900 TAYLOR DITCH 3N 93W 2 NE NW 1879-OS-Ol 1.6600 WILSON RESERVOIR 4N 93W 13 SE SE 1975-09-16 349.6000 Surface Water Use -Surface water is used extensively in the broader stream valleys of the area. Surface water consumption is predominantly associated with irrigation of agricultural lands. Surface water withdrawals in the Lower Yampa River basin totaled 75.2 million gallons per day (mgd) in 1995 (USGS 1995). About 99 percent of the surface water withdrawals (75.1 mgd) were used for irrigation. The irrigated acreage totaled 13,240 acres. Mining and livestock use account for the remaining surface water withdrawals. All of the major streams aze over-appropriated, and therefore, many of the surface water rights are inactive (CDM, 19856). Large storage reservoirs are ofren constructed to capture spring runoff and facilitate irrigation of fields in the summer months when natural flows are diminished. Surface water adjudication rights within the Permit Revision Area aze summarized in Table 2.04.7-36, based on a CDWR water rights database (CDWR 2005). Most of the adjudications support multiple uses. The adjudication does not necessarily reflect the amount of water available in any given year for the intended uses, only a representation of legal claims to the water in a particulaz stream course. Sou[h Taylor/Lower Wilson- Rule 2, Page 45 Revision Date: 3/30/07 Revision No.: PR-02