2023-11-29_HYDROLOGY - M2002120

• Permit No: M2002120
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 11/29/2023
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: Division of Water Resources
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: ECS
• Email Name: MAC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

M-2002-120 Bernhardt SWSP Approval Page 6 of 6
November 29, 2023
occur as a result of the operation of this SWSP. Should this substitute water supply plan expire
without renewal or be revoked prior to adjudication of a permanent plan for augmentation, all
excavation of product from below the water table, and all other use of water at the pit, must cease
immediately.
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 substitute water supply plan. 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 Denver at (303) 866-
3581 or Michael Hein in Greeley at [phone].
Sincerely,
for
Joanna Williams, P.E.
Chief of Water Supply
Attachments: Figure 1 and Tables 1-4
Groundwater Management Subdistrict Lease
Augmentation Plan Accounting Protocol
April 2010 DRMS Letter
cc: Michael Hein, Assistant Division Engineer, [e-mail]
Corey DeAngelis, Acting River Operations Et Compact Coordinator, [e-mail]
Dawn Ewing, Accounting Coordinator, [e-mail]
Jean Lever, Water Commissioner, District 4, [e-mail]
Louis Flink, Tabulation / Diversion Records Coordinator, [e-mail]
Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, [e-mail]
JMW/idc/wad: 2024 M-2002-120 Bernhardt SWSP - Approval.docx