2017-03-23_HYDROLOGY - M2008080

• Permit No: M2008080
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 3/23/2017
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: DNR Water Resources
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Journey Ventures Pit SWSP Page 4 of 6
March 21, 2017

summer dry-up point that is located between the Greeley WWTP outlet and the location of the
Journey Venture Pit depletion point, in the SE1/4 of Section 7, Township 5 North, Range 64 West
of the 6th P.M. Central Colorado Water Conservancy District (“Central”) has a by -pass structure at
the Ogilvy Ditch headgate to pass augmentation flows by the Ogilvy at times when the Ogilvy is
diverting the entire flow of the Cache La Poudre River. Greeley obtained a by-pass agreement with
Central in order to deliver Applicant’s lease water to the Journey Venture Pit depletion point. A
copy of the agreement is attached to this letter. Greeley must coordinate the by-pass of water
with Central and also notify the District 3 Water Commissioner. Central must include in their
accounting the amount of water delivered through Central’s by-pass structure for use in this plan.
Conditions of Approval

I hereby approve the proposed SWSP in accordance with § 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. subject to
the following conditions:

1. This SWSP is approved with the effective date of April 1, 2017 and shall be valid through March
31, 2018 unless otherwise revoked or superseded by a decree. If this plan is not decreed in water
court by the SWSP expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the
statutory fee of $257 no later than February 15, 2018.
2. Well permit no. 79057-F was obtained for the current use and exposed pond surface area at the
Journey Venture Pit, in accordance with §37-90-137(2) and (11), C.R.S., and this permit remains
valid.
3. The total surface area of the groundwater exposed at the Journey Ventures site must not
exceed 2.15 acres, which results in a maximum evaporative annual loss of 6.89 acre-feet.
4. The annual water used for dust control at the Journey Ventures Pit shall not exceed 4.08 acre-
feet, the total product mined at the Journey Ventures site shall not exceed 775,000 tons per
year, which results in 22.81 acre-feet of water lost with the mined aggregate, and the total
water consumed in the batch plant shall not exceed 28.0 acre -feet.
5. Total consumption at the Journey Ventures Pit must not exceed these aforementioned amounts
unless an amendment is made to this SWSP.
6. Approval of this SWSP is for the purposes as stated herein. This office must first approve any
additional uses for the water. Any future historical consumptive use credit given (e.g.,
agricultural water transfer) for this site must consider all previous credits given.
7. All pumping for dust control shall be measured in a manner acceptable to the division engineer.
8. The replacement water that is the subject of this SWSP cannot be sold or leased to any other
entity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this SWSP, the replacement water must be
appurtenant to this site until a plan for augmentation is obtained. All replacement water must
be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing, and locations.
9. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacements must be provided to the division engineer
in Greeley ([e-mail]) and the water commissioners (Evan Snyder at
[e-mail], Mark Simpson at [e-mail], and Brent Schantz at
[e-mail] ) on a monthly basis. All amounts shall be in acre -feet. All
submitted accounting must conform to the Administration Protocol “Augmentation Plan
Accounting – Division One, South Platte River” (attached).