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Morton Lakes Substitute Water Supply Plan Renewal <br /> January 10, 2025 <br /> Page 8 of 14 <br /> miles upstream of the confluence of the South Platte River and Big Dry Creek where the <br /> mining depletions will accrue to the river, therefore the total transit loss will be 12.5% <br /> during the irrigation season and 6.25% during the non-irrigation season. Replacement <br /> supplies from Aurora include transit loss, so all Morton Lakes and Holton Lakes depletions <br /> are fully replaced at the point of depletions through December 31, 2025. <br /> The Applicant shall ensure that the replacement water makes it to the point of depletion or <br /> to the location of the calling water right located below the Morton and Holton Lakes point(s) <br /> of depletion. The Division Engineer, or their designated representative, will administer all <br /> such water transported in the South Platte River or its tributaries, including water for <br /> replacement of depletions, past intervening headgates to ensure that such water is not <br /> intercepted or otherwise diminished in quantity by diversion, use or other interference by <br /> intervening water rights and to assure that such water remains available and suitable for <br /> Applicant's uses under this plan, except when any intervening headgate is diverting the <br /> entire flow of ("sweeping") the river. In the event that delivery past headgates which <br /> sweep the river requires the installation of a bypass structure or the use of an existing <br /> bypass structure by agreement with a third-party, Applicant is responsible for either <br /> installing a new bypass structure with a continuous recording measuring device(s) as <br /> approved by the Water Commissioner or securing an agreement with a third-party to use an <br /> existing bypass structure and providing such information and agreement to the Division <br /> Engineer. <br /> Conditions of Approval <br /> I hereby approve this proposed SWSP in accordance with section 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. <br /> subject to the following conditions: <br /> 1. This SWSP is approved with an effective date of January 1, 2025 and shall be valid <br /> through December 31, 2025 unless otherwise revoked or superseded by a decree. If <br /> this plan will not be made absolute by a water court action by the plan's expiration <br /> date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee <br /> (currently $257/DRMS permit) no later than November 1, 2025. If a renewal request <br />