2014-04-02_HYDROLOGY - M1977151

• Permit No: M1977151
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 4/2/2014
• Doc Name: Substitute water supply plan
• From: Division Of Water Resources
• To: Applegate Group, Inc.
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Jared Dains, E.I.
March 31, 2014
Page 3 of 8
Hiner owns three (3.0) shares of the Greeley Irrigation Company ( "GIC ") under the following
certificates:
Certificate No. No. of Shares Original Propert
2835
0.5
John & Barbara Barrett
3044
0.5
David Beckers
3352
0.5
Carmen Duran
3343
0.5
Darrin Morse
3364
0.2
Ray Smith
3365
0.8
Steve & Linda Story
A water right dedication affidavit for the subject three shares was provided by the Applicant and is attached
to this letter. Based on the above, the 3.0 shares to be used in this plan result in a consumptive use credit
of approximately 30.93 acre -feet per year (10.31 acre -feet per share X 3.0 shares). Dry up covenants
have been obtained for the shares used for irrigation on the Barrett, Duran, Farm W -38 (Morse), Smith
and Story properties. The Becker's one -half (0.5) share will be used as a "floating share" as described
in case no. 1996CW658. In accordance with paragraph 19 of case no. 1996CW658, the lands
historically irrigated by the "floating shares" are reported to have already been dried up and are no
longer irrigated.
In paragraph 6.7.4 of the decree in case no. 1996CW658, future farm headgate deliveries of the
67.75 shares were limited to 1,712 acre -feet per year (25.26 acre -feet per share) and 12,631 acre -feet
(186.43 acre -feet per share) in any consecutive 10 year period. Deliveries of the 3.0 shares of GIC water
under this plan must comply with these limits. The historical return flows shall be maintained in
accordance with the return flow factors identified in case no. 1996CW658. The return flows associated
with the delivery of Fossil Creek Reservoir water that is attributable to the 3.0 GIC shares shall also be
maintained in accordance with the surface and subsurface factors decreed in case nos. 1996CW658.
Pursuant to paragraph 6.7.6 of case no. 1996CW658, the subsurface component of the return flow
obligation will be calculated based on the 5 year running average annual farm headgate deliveries of GIC
direct flow water and Fossil Creek Reservoir water. 2011 was the first year that these shares were used
for augmentation use; therefore, for the purposes of this SWSP, the subsurface return flow obligations will
be based on the average of actual 2011, 2012, and 2013 deliveries. The total annual deliveries for the last
three years and the three -year average are shown in the table below:
Water Year
Total Annual Delivery (acre -feet)
GIC Direct Flow
Fossil Creek
Reservoir
2011
13.68
0
2012
39.56
0
2013
45.50
0.15
Average
32.92
0.05
As specified in case no. 1996CW658, all deliveries of GIC water incur a return flow obligation to
the stream system made up of a surface and subsurface component. The surface component of the
return flow obligation of GIC direct flow water will be calculated by multiplying deliveries by 0.237
(23.7 %). The surface component of the return flow obligation associated with the Applicant's use of
Fossil Creek Reservoir water will be calculated by multiplying those deliveries by 0.201 (20.1 %). The
subsurface component of the return flow obligation will be calculated by multiplying the average annual
delivery of GIC water, shown above, by the monthly subsurface return flow factors given in Appendix A-
2 of the decree entered in case no. 1996CW658 (see Table 4). As shown in Table 4, the estimated
subsurface return flow obligations for GIC direct flow deliveries and Fossil Creek reservoir deliveries
total 7.90 acre -feet and 0.01 acre -feet, respectively, for this plan period. The quantity of GIC water
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