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Ms. Jennifer S. Lindhal Page 6 <br /> June 8, 2016 <br /> The Applicant provided a copy of the lease agreement with Aurora on May 25, 2016 and the <br /> lease is attached to this letter. The lease is valid for the period of April 30, 2016 through December 31, <br /> 2017. Water leased from Aurora would be released from Robert W. Hite Treatment Facility (a/k/a <br /> Metro Wastewater Treatment Plant MWWTP) (WDID 0200700) in the SW1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 1, <br /> Township 3 South, Range 68 West of the 61h P.M. A transit loss of 0.5 percent per mile is currently <br /> assessed from April through September and a transit loss of 0.25 percent per mile is currently assessed <br /> during October through March for delivery of water down the South Platte River. Such transit tosses are <br /> subject to modification by the Division Engineer. The MWWTP is located approximately 25 miles <br /> upstream of the confluence of the South Platte River and Big Dry Creek where the mining depletions <br /> will accrue to the river, therefore the total transit loss will be 12.5 percent during the irrigation season <br /> and 6.25 percent during the non-irrigation season. Replacement supplies from Aurora include transit <br /> toss, so all Morton Lakes and Holton Lakes depletions are fully replaced at the point of depletions from <br /> June 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017 (Table 3). <br /> The Applicant shall ensure that the replacement water makes it to the calling water right. <br /> The division engineer, or his designated representative, will administer all such water transported in <br /> the South Platte River or its tributaries, including water for replacement of depletions, past <br /> intervening headgates to ensure that such water is not intercepted or otherwise diminished in <br /> quantity by diversion, use or other interference by intervening water rights and to assure that such <br /> water remains available and suitable for Applicant's uses under this plan, except when any <br /> intervening headgate is diverting the entire flow of ("sweeping") the river. in the event that delivery <br /> past headgates which sweep the river requires the installation of a bypass structure or the use of an <br /> existing bypass structure by agreement with a third-party, Applicant is responsible for either <br /> installing a new bypass structure with a continuous recording measuring device(s) as approved by the <br /> water commissioner or securing an agreement with a third-party to use an existing bypass structure <br /> and providing such information and agreement to the division engineer. <br /> Conditions of Approval <br /> I hereby approve the proposed SWSP in accordance with 5 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. subject to <br /> the following conditions: <br /> 1. This plan is approved with an effective date of June 1, 2016 and shall be valid through December <br /> 31, 2017 unless otherwise revoked or modified. If this plan wilt not be made absolute by a water <br /> court action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with <br /> the statutory fee (currently $257/pit) for each gravel pit no later than November 1, 2017. <br /> 2. Well permits must be obtained for the two gravel pits in accordance with Section 5 37-90-137(2) <br /> and (11), C.R.S. in conjunction with this plan. Two well permit applications have been submitted to <br /> this office (receipt nos. 3673802A and 3673802B) and these applications are pending evaluation. <br /> The provisions of S 37-90-137(2), C.R.S. prohibits the issuance of a permit for a well to be located <br /> within 600 feet of any existing well, unless the State Engineer finds that circumstances so warrant <br /> after a hearing held in accordance with the procedural rules in 2CCR402-5. This hearing may be <br /> waived if you are able to obtain statements from the owners of all wells within 600 feet, verifying <br /> that they have no objection to your use of the proposed well. Should a new well permit be denied <br />