2021-11-01_HYDROLOGY - M2016030

• Permit No: M2016030
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 11/1/2021
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: Wenli Dickinson - Water Resources
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Valley's Edge Resource Substitute Water Supply Plan
November 1, 2021
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least 48 hours prior to making replacement deliveries at a location other than the Hite Treatment
Facility; in the instance of an intervening call the Applicant will not be allowed to make
replacements downstream of the calling right.
The Hite Treatment Facility is located approximately 22 miles upstream of the Pit. The delivery
schedule includes a transit loss of 0.5% per mile (11% for 22 miles) during the months of April through
October and 0.25% per mile (5.5% for 22 miles) during the months of November through March.
Conveyance loss for delivery of augmentation water to the South Platte River is subject to
assessment and modification as determined by the Division Engineer.
Conditions of Approval
I hereby approve the proposed SWSP in accordance with section 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. subject to
the following conditions:
1. This SWSP is approved with the effective date of November 1, 2021 through October 31,
2022, unless otherwise revoked or superseded by decree.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 August 1, 2021.
2. Well Permit 82057-F has been issued for this pit, and this permit remains valid. The permit
covers up to 30 acres of exposed surface area and allows for annual water uses of up to
118.23 acre-feet for evaporation losses, water lost with the mined product, and dust control.
Actual depletions cannot exceed these amounts and are limited to those uses specifically
approved through this SWSP.
3. The total surface area of the groundwater exposed at the Valley's Edge Resource Gravel Mine
must not exceed 17.0 acres during this plan period, which results in a maximum evaporative
loss of 49.85 acre-feet.
4. The annual water used for dust control at the Valley's Edge Resource Gravel Mine shall not
exceed 6.72 acre-feet for this SWSP approval period.
5. Total consumption at the Valley's Edge Resources Gravel Mine 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.
7. 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.
8. The downstream substitute supplies can be used when a continuous live surface stream flow
exists between the confluence of St. Vrain River and the South Platte River and the point of
discharge of the replacement water, and there is no intervening, calling water right.
9. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacements must be provided to the Division
Engineer in Greeley ([e-mail]), the Water Commissioner (Jorge Vidal at
Jorge.Vida[@state.co.us) and the River Operations St Compact Coordinator (Brent Schantz,
at Brent. [e-mail]) on a monthly basis. All amounts shall be in acre-feet. All