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ADMINISTRATION PROTOCOL <br />Recharge <br />Division One — South Platte River <br />The purpose of a "recharge structure" as referenced in this document is to introduce <br />water to the river alluvium that will result in accretions to a live stream. For the purposes <br />of this document, a recharge structure does not include a well that is used to artificially <br />recharge a Denver Basin bedrock aquifer. With that qualification, a recharge structure is <br />defined as: <br />■ A section of ditch, the losses from which can be reasonably modeled as a <br />single source of water. <br />■ A pond or group of ponds that receive water from the same delivery location <br />and can be reasonably modeled as a single source of water. <br />1. A written notification for each recharge structure must be provided to the water <br />commissioner and division engineer. The Division of Water Resources will <br />not acknowledge any recharge activity conducted without the knowledge of <br />the water commissioner. The notification must include: <br />a. a map showing the location of the structure and the court case number of <br />the plan for augmentation authorized to use the structure; <br />b. a map showing the location of the diversion point and the court case <br />number for the decree authorizing the diversion, if any; <br />c. a map showing the location of and all information for the metering <br />location; <br />d. the maximum water surface area of the structure; <br />e. for ditch structures, if the ditch is divided into more than one recharge <br />reach, an explanation of how the volume diverted will be allocated to the <br />various sections. <br />2. Upon receiving written notification or decree by the water court, the division <br />engineer will assign the structure a WDID number. The WDID number is the <br />identification number that will be used for the administration of the structure and <br />must be included in all correspondence and accounting reports. (For structures <br />that were included in a decreed plan for augmentation but were not <br />physically constructed at the time of the decree, a written notification of the <br />intent to construct the structure must be provided.) <br />3. Any structure that intercepts groundwater must be permitted as a well and <br />included in a plan for augmentation or substitute water supply plan approved by <br />the state engineer. The division engineer strongly recommends avoiding <br />recharge structures that intercept groundwater, in order to simplify the accounting <br />process. <br />4. The flow into EVERY recharge structure MUST be metered and equipped with a <br />continuous flow recorder unless the water commissioner in conjunction with the <br />division engineer determines adequate records may be kept without such <br />equipment. If the recharge structure is designed to discharge water via a surface <br />outlet, such discharge must also be metered and equipped with a continuous <br />flow recorder. The water commissioner MUST approve the use of the recharge <br />structure BEFORE any credit will be given for water placed into recharge. <br />Administration Protocol - Recharge <br />Revised February 1, 2008 <br />