2022-07-01_REVISION - M1982155

• Permit No: M1982155
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/1/2022
• Doc Name: Request for Technical Revision
• From: Schmidt Construction Company
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR3
• Email Name: TC1
• Email Name: MAC
• Email Name: AWA
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Water ResourceAdvisors forthe West 07/24/2 Q 2 0
July 22, 2020 10004857
Ms.Melissa van der Poel
State Engineer's Office
1313 Sherman Street,Room 818
Denver,CO 80203
Re: Substitute Water Supply Plan Amendment Request for the Fountain Pit(M-1982-155)
Dear Melissa:
The Fountain Pit (M-1982-155), operated by Schmidt Construction Company (Schmidt), is
covered by a Substitute Water Supply Plan (SWSP) approved by your office pursuant to C.R.S.
§37-90-137(11). The current SWSP expires November 30, 2020. On behalf of Schmidt, Applegate
Group (Applegate) is submitting this request to amend the current SWSP to account for additional
water use at the site and add an additional replacement supply. Applegate intends to pay the $257
SWSP amendment fee electronically.
AMENDMENT DESCRIPTION
The Fountain Pit is located in Section 13,Township 16 South,Range 66 West in El Paso County. The
site is located approximately two miles south of the City of Fountain and two miles west of I-25. An
overview map is included as Figure 1.
The current SWSP covers up to 4.07 acre-feet per year of groundwater depletions to Rock Creek
resulting from pumping water from an existing sump(Well Permit No. 59834-F);such water is fully
consumed by evaporation and dust control use around the site. The primary replacement source for
these depletions are 20 shares in the Fountain Mutual Irrigation Company (FMIC) that are delivered
to FMIC's augmentation station on Spring Creek.
In addition to the uses already covered by the approved SWSP,Schmidt has additional needs for water
for dust control,aggregate production,and construction activities on and in the vicinity of the Fountain
Pit. In order to provide for that need, Schmidt has executed a lease with Colorado Springs Utilities
(Utilities) for water to be delivered via pipeline to the Fountain Pit. The source of this water will be
the Hanna Wells located on nearby Clear Springs Ranch,shown in Figure 1.
DEPLETIONS
Pursuant to the attached surplus water lease agreement, Utilities will supply Schmidt with up to 250
acre-feet per year in non-potable water pumped from the Hanna Wells on Clear Springs Ranch. The
Hanna Wells,designated Hanna Ranch Well Nos. 1 through 14,were decreed in Case No.W-1528 and
were most recently used for municipal,industrial,and domestic purposes in conjunction with operation
of Utilities'R.D.Nixon Power Generating Plan located on Clear Spring Ranch. Under this SWSP,the
water pumped from the Hanna Wells will instead be delivered to Schmidt's Fountain Pit,where it will
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