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Loloff Pit SWSP <br />February 25, 2015 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />In addition, the Applicant shall verify that entity providing replacement water for this plan, in <br />this case the City of Greeley, has included such use on their accounting submitted to the Division <br />Engineer. <br />12. All pumping for dust control purposes shall be measured in a manner acceptable to the division <br />engineer. Permanent records of all diversions must be maintained by the well owner (recorded <br />at least monthly) and submitted to the division engineer on submitted accounting forms. <br />13. The Applicant shall perform an inspection and provide verification for all parcels of dried up land <br />used to generate augmentation credits during the term of this SWSP. The final verification of dry <br />up will be in the form of an affidavit signed by an individual having personal knowledge of the dry <br />up for the entire irrigation season for each parcel of land used in this SWSP. In accordance with <br />the attached protocol for dry-up of irrigated land, the Applicant shall provide a written <br />notification to the water commissioner and division engineer by April 1, 2015 identifying the <br />lands to be dried up for the 2015 irrigation season. By October 31, 2015 the Applicant shall <br />provide an affidavit to the water commissioner and division engineer that identifies and confirms <br />the lands that were dried up during the 2015 irrigation season in order that the final <br />determination of augmentation credits for the irrigation season can be made along with mapping <br />showing any revisions to the dried -up acreage. A GIS shapefile must be emailed to <br />Div1Accountine@state.co.us for each dry-up notification and affidavit. The shapefile shall <br />include the WDID of the plan, the acreage of dry-up, and any accompanying metadata. In <br />addition, the datum must be NAD83 and the UTM projection must be Zone 13 North. <br />The historical consumptive use calculated for the ditch shares to be changed by this SWSP shall <br />not include any credit resulting from the consumption of ground water. In order to ensure the <br />required dry-up conditions exist during the approval period of this SWSP, and to ensure no credit <br />is given for the consumption of ground water, the Applicant shall provide records of monthly <br />monitoring of depth to ground water for all fields required to be dried -up under this SWSP. <br />Information regarding depth to ground water may be provided using existing irrigation wells, <br />existing or new monitoring wells, or piezometers located on the dried -up fields. Applicant may <br />utilize wells or piezometers located within 1/a mile of each field provided the Applicant can <br />demonstrate the depth to ground water information available off -site is representative of the <br />depth to ground water on the dried -up field. The Applicant shall modify accounting to reflect <br />that the credit from any dried- up fields containing alfalfa or native grass was reduced according <br />to the following table. Measurements taken at the start of each month will determine the <br />necessary reduction in credit to be applied during the following month. The Applicant may use <br />another methodology upon review and prior approval by the State Engineer and Division Engineer. <br />Depth to Ground Water <br />(Feet) <br />Percent Reduction in CU Credit' <br />Native Grass <br />Alfalfa <br />1 <br />85% <br />100% <br />2 <br />50% <br />90% <br />3 <br />30% <br />75% <br />4 <br />20% <br />50% <br />5 <br />15% <br />35% <br />6 <br />10'0 <br />20% <br />7 <br />5% <br />15% <br />8 <br />0% <br />10% <br />1. Adapted from EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND AGRONOMIC RESPONSES IN FORMERLY IRRIGATED MOUNTAIN <br />MEADOWS, South Pork, Colorado, March 1, 1990; Revised September 1, 1991 <br />