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Mr. Andy Rodriguez, P.E. Bestway's Brighton Combined SWSP December 19, 2013 Page 2 of 6 can be used to backfill or line the respective pits in the unforeseen event, or events, which would lead to the abandonment of the Pits. Depletions Approximately 2 acres of open water surface is present at the Baseline Pit and approximately 7.9 acres of open water surface at the Parker - Dersham Pit. Net evaporative depletions were calculated using a gross annual evaporation of 45.5 inches from the exposed water surface, with a credit of 10.19 inches for an effective precipitation amount of 35.32 inches per year. No phreatophyte credit has been applied to this plan. The net depletion of ground water due to evaporation from theses two pits are 29.15 acre -feet as shown on the attached Table 1. The Applicant anticipates that 425,000 tons of aggregate will be mined at the Parker - Dersham site and no mining will occur at the Baseline site during this plan period. The material to be mined falls within the limits of the Kirby - Dersham slurry wall liner approved on December 19, 2011. In accordance with the April 1, 2011 General Guidelines for Substitute Water Supply Plans for Sand and Gravel Pits which states in part "...the applicant must provide replacement for all native ground water remaining within the lined area that is put to beneficial use except for the water removed in product..." replacement water for water lost in product will not be provided by the applicant. An estimated 3.24 acre -feet of water from the Baseline Site plant well (permit no. 75087 -F, WDID 0210141) will be used at the combined pits for on -site dust control during this plan period. This well will also be used to support concrete production. It is estimated that 133,599 cubic yards of concrete batching will occur and that 40 gallons of water will be consumed per cubic yard of concrete production. This leads to 16.40 acre -feet of water to be used for concrete production at the combined pits. The amount diverted from well permit no. 75087 -F shall be metered and depletions from this well are 100 percent consumptive. The combined evaporative and operational losses at these sites will equal 48.79 acre - feet during this plan period. The depletions from the mining operation were lagged to the South Platte River using the SDF method. The construction of the slurry wall at the Baseline Resource site affects the timing of the lagged impacts on the South Platte River. The applicant previously prepared a numeric model to account for this effect. According to the model, the SDF for the evaporative loss was estimated to be 205 days and the SDF for the plant well is estimated to be 176 days. The total lagged depletions to be replaced during 2014 are projected to be 43.60 acre -feet as shown on Table 1. Replacements The proposed source of replacement for this pit is nontributary ground water pumped from an existing Laramie -Fox Hills aquifer well and fully consumable effluent leased from the City of Aurora. The nontributary Laramie -Fox Hills aquifer water will be withdrawn by an existing well pursuant to permit no. 64750 -F. Additional information regarding the well is shown below: Well Field WDID None Well Field Name None Relevant Water Right Case Number None Well WDID 0210166 Well Name Hall Irwin LFH 64750 -F Relevant Well Permit 64750 -F Well Location NE %4, NE' /4, SEX, Sec 36, T1 N, R67W, 6 P.M.