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1. Backeround and definitions <br /> A thorough description of augmentation plans for well pumping is available in the Beginners Guide to <br /> Augmentation Plans for Wells. The following terms are used in this document: <br /> • Diversions are withdrawals from a well, stream, or pond/reservoir. <br /> • Depletions are the volume of reduced streamf low caused by a diversion. Lagged depletions are those <br /> that occur at a later time than when water is diverted by well pumping or groundwater pond <br /> evaporation due to the timing of water movement through the subsurface between the <br /> well/ pond and the stream. <br /> • Hydrobase is DWR's database of water information. <br /> • Colorado's Decision Support Systems ("CDSS") is a State of Colorado website <br /> (https://cdss.colorado.gov/) providing access to water data and tools. <br /> • Replacement water is a volume of water provided to the stream system to replace depletions and <br /> satisfy the unmet needs of senior water rights. Replacement water is typically provided from a <br /> reservoir release or another source that has been contracted for the purpose of replacing depletions. <br /> Replacement water may also be provided in the form of historic consumptive use ("HCU") credits <br /> derived from a change of water right where the use of a water right was changed to augmentation. <br /> • Transit loss is the diminishment of the amount of water in a stream as water travels from upstream <br /> to the downstream location. <br /> • Priority Admin Number indicates the seniority of a water right; equal to the number of days <br /> between a water right's priority date and the earliest decreed priority, December 31, 1849. For <br /> example, the Priority Admin Number for a water right with a priority date of May 5, 1950 is <br /> 36650.00000. The lower the Priority Admin Number, the more senior the water right. The five digits <br /> to the right of the period are used when the postponement doctrine applies to a water right due to a <br /> delay in decreeing the water right in the court (read more about this in the Administrative Call <br /> Standard, Appendix A). <br /> • Administrative Call is a term that indicates there are unfulfilled downstream water rights "calling" <br /> for curtailment of upstream junior water rights to fulfill their need. In accounting, when the <br /> downstream Administrative Call is from a senior water right (with a lower Priority Admin Number), <br /> diversions/depletions are out-of-priority and replacement water must be provided. <br /> • Balance is the amount of replacement water minus the depletions and obligations, not considering <br /> the Administrative Call. The balance may be negative when the diversions resulting in the depletions <br /> are in priority. <br /> • Net Effect is the amount of replacement water minus the depletions and obligations, considering the <br /> Administrative Call. When the net effect is zero or positive, it shows that the Augmentation Plan <br /> prevented injury by replacing all out-of-priority diversions/depletions. <br /> 2. Methods to submit accountine <br /> a. Accounting and Reporting Uploader (preferred) <br /> The preferred method to submit accounting is through the use of the CDSS Accounting and Reporting <br /> Uploader tool. To set up an online account, call or email the Division contacts for the appropriate <br /> Water Division as shown in Table 1. Additional information is available on DWR's website under Data <br /> and Information/Online Data Submittal. <br /> b. Email <br /> Submit via email to the Water Commissioner and the Division Accounting email shown in Table 1. File <br /> names for accounting sheets should include the 7 digit Augmentation Plan WDID assigned by the <br /> Division Engineer's office. <br /> Questions can be submitted to Ask DWR by visiting the DWR homepage at: dwr.colorado.2ov/ Page 2/15 <br />