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Upper Poudre Combined SWSP Page 9 of 11 <br /> January 28, 2016 <br /> monitoring of depth to ground water for all land associated with the change of water right in <br /> this SWSP. Information regarding depth to ground water may be provided using existing <br /> irrigation wells, existing or new monitoring wells, or piezometers located on the dried-up <br /> fields. Applicant may utilize wells or piezometers located within 1/4 mile of each field <br /> provided that the Applicant can demonstrate the depth to ground water information available <br /> off-site is representative of the depth to ground water on the dried-up land. The Applicant <br /> shall modify its accounting to reduce the amount of the calculated HCU that may be claimed <br /> in this SWSP according to the table below. Measurements taken at the start of each month <br /> will determine the necessary reduction in credit to be applied during the following month. <br /> The Applicant may use another methodology upon review and prior approval by the state <br /> engineer and division engineer. (Construction of monitoring holes/wells, or piezometers <br /> requires that permits or notices be obtained as described in Table 1 of the Water Well <br /> Construction Rules.) <br /> Depth to Ground Percent Reduction in Calculated HCU' <br /> Water (Feet) <br /> Native Grass Alfalfa <br /> 1 85% 100% <br /> 2 50% 90% <br /> 3 30% 75% <br /> 4 20% 50% <br /> 5 15% 35% <br /> 6 10% 20% <br /> 7 5% 15% <br /> 8 0% 10% <br /> 'Adapted from EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND AGRONOMIC RESPONSES IN FORMERLY IRRIGATED <br /> MOUNTAIN MEADOWS, South Park, Colorado, March 1, 1990; Revised September 1, 1991 <br /> 16. The Division of Water Resources will not acknowledge any recharge activity conducted <br /> without the knowledge of the water commissioner. The flow into the recharge structure must <br /> be metered and equipped with a continuous flow recorder unless the water commissioner in <br /> conjunction with the division engineer determines adequate records may be kept without <br /> such equipment. If the recharge structure is designed to discharge water via a surface outlet, <br /> such discharge must also be metered and equipped with a continuous flow recorder. <br /> Applicant shall follow the attached Administration Protocol - Recharge for the operation of <br /> this SWSP. <br /> 17. Water may be delivered to recharge only if the net impact of this plan is not negative. Water <br /> must first be delivered or exchanged to offset negative impacts of this plan before it may be <br /> diverted for recharge. <br /> 18. If reclamation of the mine site produces a permanent water surface exposing groundwater to <br /> evaporation, an application for a plan for augmentation must be filed with the Division 1 <br /> Water Court at least three years prior to the completion of mining to include, but not be <br /> limited to, long-term evaporation losses. If a lined pond results after reclamation, <br /> replacement of lagged depletions shall continue until there is no longer an effect on stream <br /> flow. Conditional storage rights for the Home Office Pit and North Taft Hill Expansion Site <br /> (North Shore Reservoir and Taft Hill Reservoir, respectively) were decreed in case no. <br /> 92CW157, and were decreed for the Overland Ponds Site in case no. 2000CW251. This office <br /> has no knowledge of any applications for a plan for augmentation that covers evaporation <br />