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4179215 Pages: 4 of 12 02/08/2016 01:54 PM R Fee:$66.00 Carly Koppes, Clerk and Recorder, Weld County, CO ill� 1 �1�'.1�� r��I{�� F�71621 1.411AL.), 11111 Case No. 12CW304-A Page 4 of 8 9.8. Proposed Uses: Weld County will use water from the Geisert Reservoir for augmentation, agricultural, industrial, mineral resource development, mining operations and construction of public works projects including operating air emissions control devices; controlling fugitive particulate emissions; washing and processing sand, gravel, and aggregate; washing equipment; replacement of evaporative losses of water from mined materials stockpiled or removed from the site; irrigating or landscaping, reclamation of construction sites for public facilities, fire suppression, and emergency response. Central will use water from the Geisert Reservoir for augmentation, agricultural, industrial, mineral resource development, and irrigation. The water may be used by Weld County and Central within their respective boundaries. Augmentation use will be in accordance with paragraph 9.13 below. 9.9. Surface Area at High Water Line:43.5 acres 9.10. Capacity of Reservoir: Central claims the right to fill the reservoir to a capacity of 2,180 acre-feet, conditional, with the right to one refill in the same amount. Weld County claims the right to fill the reservoir to a capacity of 20 acre-feet, conditional, with the right to one refill in the same amount. Collectively, Co- Applicants claim the right to fill the reservoir to a total capacity of 2,200 acre feet, conditional, and claim the right to one refill of the Reservoir up to an additional 2,200 acre feet when the same is in priority. 9.11. Description of Project: Water will be diverted from the Cache la Poudre River and stored in Geisert Reservoir in priority for application to the beneficial uses listed herein. Geisert Reservoir has been sealed with a bentonite slurry wall installed around the perimeter of the Reservoir such that it will not intercept ground water and that liner has been approved by the Colorado State Engineer by letter dated August 3, 2012. 9.12. Measurement and Accounting. The water diverted, stored and released from the Geisert Reservoir shall be accounted for by Central. A stage-area-capacity relationship curve for Geisert Reservoir has been developed and is attached hereto as Exhibit B. Diversions into and releases from Geisert Reservoir shall be measured on a daily basis with measuring devices equipped with continuous recorders. 9.13. Use in Previously Decreed Augmentation Plans. The water diverted under this right may be used in Central and the Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District's augmentation plans decreed in Case No. 02CW335 and 03CW99, and in Weld County's augmentation plans decreed in Case Nos. 12CW304, 06CW274, 12CW109, 04CW359, and 09CW100 once the water right decreed herein has been incorporated as an augmentation supply in those decrees pursuant to their respective terms.