2023-03-24_HYDROLOGY - M2016030

• Permit No: M2016030
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 3/24/2023
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: Division of Water Resources
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Valley's Edge Resource Substitute Water Supply Plan Page 5 of 5
March 24, 2023
lagged depletions. If a lined pond results after reclamation, replacement of lagged depletions
shall continue until there is no longer an effect on stream flow.
18. The State Engineer may revoke this SWSP or add additional restrictions to its operation if at any
time the State Engineer determines that injury to other vested water rights has occurred or will
occur as a result of the operation of this SWSP. Should this SWSP expire without renewal or be
revoked prior to adjudication of a permanent plan for augmentation, all excavation of the product
from below the water table, and all other use of water at the pit, must cease immediately.
19. In accordance with amendments to section 25-8-202-(7), C.R.S. and "Senate Bill 89-181 Rules and
Regulations" adopted on February 4, 1992, the State Engineer shall determine if the substitute
water is of a quality to meet requirements of use to which the senior appropriation receiving the
substitute supply has normally been put. As such, water quality data or analyses may be
requested at any time to determine if the requirement of use of the senior appropriator is met.
20. The decision of the State Engineer shall have no precedential or evidentiary force, shall not create
any presumptions, shift the burden of proof, or serve as a defense in any water court case or any
other legal action that may be initiated concerning the SWSP. This decision shall not bind the State
Engineer to act in a similar manner in any other applications involving other plans or in any
proposed renewal of this plan, and shall not imply concurrence with any findings of fact or
conclusions of law contained herein, or with the engineering methodologies used by the Applicant.
If you have any questions concerning this approval, please contact Wenli Dickinson in the Denver office at
303-866-3581 or Aliyah Santistevan in the Greeley office at [phone].
Sincerely,
for
Joanna Williams, P.E.
Chief of Water Supply
Attachments: Figure 1
Table 1
Lease with City of Aurora Et Extension
Letter from DRMS dated April 30, 2010
Augmentation Plan Accounting
Use of Replacement Sources Not Specifically Identified in an SWSP or Augmentation Plan
cc: Aliyah Santistevan, Assistant Division Engineer, [e-mail]
Dawn Ewing, Accounting Coordinator, Dawn.Ewine0state.co.us
Brent Schantz, River Operations Et Compact Coordinator, Brent.Schantz(-state.co.us
Jorge Vidal, District 1 Water Commissioner, Joree.Vida[Ostate.co.us
Alec Hernandez, District 2 Water Commissioner, Alec.Hernandez(-state.co.us
Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, dnr drmsminadmin(-state.co.us
JMW/idc/wad: 2022-2023 Valleys Edge Resource Approval.docx