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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 />