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Bucklen Pit SWSP Page 4 of 9 <br /> October 28, 2014 <br /> the terms and conditions decreed in case no. 1996CW658, including monthly and annual volumetric <br /> limits on water deliveries and monthly return flow requirements. The decree in case no. 1996CW658 <br /> found that 519.7 shares were used to irrigate 3,501 acres with an average historical consumptive use of <br /> 5,358 acre-feet per year, which yields an average consumptive use credit of 10.31 acre-feet per share <br /> (5,358 acre-feet : 519.7 shares). <br /> Based on the above, the six shares to be used in this plan result in a consumptive use credit of <br /> approximately 61.86 acre-feet per year (10.31 acre-feet per share x 6 shares). One of the Applicant's <br /> six shares was associated with Farm W-49, which is now dried up because it is part of the Bucklen Pit. <br /> The other five shares were referred to as "floating shares" in case no. 1996CW658. In accordance <br /> with paragraph 19 of case no. 1996CW658 the lands historically irrigated by the "floating shares" are <br /> reported to have already been dried up and are no longer irrigated. <br /> In paragraph 6.7.4 of the decree in case no. 1996CW658, future farm headgate deliveries of <br /> Poudre Prairie's 67.75 shares were limited to 1,712 acre-feet per year (25.26 acre-feet per share), and <br /> 12,631 acre-feet (186.43 acre-feet per share) in any consecutive 10-year period. Deliveries of the <br /> Applicant's six shares of GIC water under this plan must comply with these per-share limits. The <br /> historical return flows shall be maintained in accordance with the return flow factors identified in case <br /> no. 1996CW658. The return flows associated with the delivery of Fossil Creek Reservoir water that is <br /> attributable to the Applicant's six GIC shares shall also be maintained in accordance with the surface <br /> and subsurface factors decreed in case nos. 1996CW658. <br /> For the purposes of this SWSP, the Applicant used a projected yield of 20.31 acre-feet of GIC <br /> direct flow water per share and 1.19 acre-feet of Fossil Creek Reservoir deliveries per share. These <br /> amounts are consistent with projected deliveries per share for Year One as described in paragraph 28 <br /> of the decree entered in case no. 2003CW348. Projected deliveries for Year One were calculated in <br /> accordance with paragraph 20.3.3 of the decree entered in case no. 2003CW99, and are based on <br /> 2002-2006 recorded deliveries. As specified in case no. 1996CW658, all GIC direct flow deliveries <br /> incur an immediate surface return flow obligation of 23.7%, and all Fossil Creek deliveries incur an <br /> immediate surface return flow obligation of 20.1%. The estimated consumptive use credit is <br /> therefore 15.50 acre-feet per share for GIC direct flow water, and 0.95 acre-feet per share for Fossil <br /> Creek Reservoir water. In total, the six GIC shares are expected to have a net credit to the river of <br /> 96.68 acre-feet (not including subsurface return flow obligations, which are separately accounted for <br /> as a depletion as discussed above). <br /> The use of the Year One projected deliveries is acceptable for this plan period and appears <br /> reasonable based on current conditions. Should actual GIC deliveries be less than projected <br /> deliveries, the Applicant is obligated to obtain additional or alternate replacement supplies to <br /> replace all depletions at the Bucklen Pit. <br /> City of Aurora Lease <br /> A lease of 18.8 acre-feet of fully consumable water provided by the City of Aurora ("Aurora") <br /> will be used to make replacements during the period of November 2014 through March 2015. The <br /> releases will be made from the Metro Waste Water Reclamation Facility (WDID 0200700) located in <br /> Denver on the South Platte River approximately 66 miles upstream from the Cache la Poudre <br /> confluence. Therefore a 16.5% (0.25% per mile) river transit loss will be assessed on all deliveries, <br /> unless otherwise determined by the Water Commissioner for District 2. During the months of <br /> November through March, it is possible for a call to be placed at the Evans Number 2 Ditch headgate <br /> for Milton Reservoir, or a call at the Western Ditch, or the Union Ditch to fill Lower Latham Reservoir, <br />