2016-04-26_HYDROLOGY - M2000041 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: M2000041
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 4/26/2016
• Doc Name Note: 2016-2017
• Doc Name: 2016-2017 Substitute Water Supply Plan Renewal
• From: DWR
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: TOD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Mark McLean, P.E.
April 20, 2016
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6. AGUA/Stonewall Springs agree to replace out-of-priority depletions to senior surface
water rights in Colorado and depletions to usable Stateline flows occurring after the
expiration date of the plan (March 31, 2017) that are caused by diversions of ground water
during the life of the SWSP. According to the renewal request, "AGUA has agreed to
provide 2.56 acre-feet of fully consumable recharge credits from its Excelsior Recharge
Ponds during the period of April, 2017 through March, 2018 if needed."
7. Releases of water by AGUA pursuant to this plan shall be coordinated with the Division
Engineer and the Augmentation Coordinator and shall equal or exceed the depletions to
be replaced on a monthly basis.
8. Accounting of water in this plan, including excavated area, area of actual ground water
exposure, pumping, stream depletions, and replacement water deliveries must be
provided to the Water Commissioners ([e-mail] and
[e-mail]) and Division Engineer
(Aug,[e-mail]) on forms and at times acceptable to them. Said
accounting must be received by the 10`h of the month following the month being reported.
The name, mailing address, and phone number of the contact person who is responsible
for operation and accounting of this plan must be provided on the accounting forms.
Accounting and reporting procedures are subject to approval and modification by the
Division Engineer.
9. The approval of this SWSP does not relieve the Applicant and/or landowner of the
requirement to obtain a Water Court decree approving a permanent plan for
augmentation or mitigation to ensure the permanent replacement of all depletions,
including long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions after gravel mining
operations have ceased. If reclamation of the mine site will produce a permanent water
surface exposing ground water to evaporation, an application for a plan for augmentation
must be filed with the Division 2 Water Court at least three (3) years prior to the
completion of mining to include, but not be limited to, long-term evaporation losses and
lagged depletions. If a lined pond results after reclamation, replacement of lagged
depletions shall continue until there is no longer an effect on stream flow. Granting of
this plan does not imply approval by this office of any such court application(s).
10. This SWSP may be revoked or modified at any time should it be determined that injury to
other vested water rights has occurred or will occur as a result of the operation of this
SWSP. Should this SWSP expire without renewal or be revoked prior to adjudication of a
permanent plan for augmentation, all use of water under this SWSP must cease
immediately.
11. Dewatering at this site will produce delayed depletions to the stream system. As long as
the pit is continuously dewatered, the water returned to the stream system should be
adequate to offset the depletions attributable to the dewatering operation. Once
dewatering at the site ceases, the delayed depletions must be addressed. Accordingly,
dewatering is required to continue during the terms of this approval. At least three years
prior to completion of dewatering, a plan must be submitted that specifies how the post
pumping dewatering depletions (including refilling of the pit) will be replaced, in time,
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