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II I I II I II I II IIII III • ~~oF® to • <br />RICHARD D. LAMM FC -®f' <br />Governor N .~,~J~ p <br />,+ ?~C <br />~eze <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street -Room 816 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Administration (303) 892-3581 <br />Ground Water13031892~3587 <br />March 14, 1978 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />t`~~~ <br />C.J. KUIPER <br />State Engineer <br /> <br />MAR 1 5 1978 <br />N1tVeD LAND RECLANiAlION <br />Colo. Dept. of Natural Resources <br />T0: HARRIS D. SHERMAN, SECRETARY, MINED LAND RECLAMATION BOARD <br />FROM: DR. JERIS A. DANIELSON, DEPUTY STATE ENGINEER <br />SUBJECT: MOBILE PREMIX - HOWE PIT, ADAMS COUNTY, APPLICATION FOR MINING <br />AND RECLAMATION PERMIT <br />As requested by your office, we have reviewed the application fora gravel <br />pit near Henderson. We cannot recommend approval of the application until <br />the following additional information is provided: <br />Exhibit D indicates that a water truck, crushers, screens, and a <br />screw washer will be utilized during mining. Water for dust control <br />and gravel washing will be required for this equipment, but the <br />applicant has no source of water decreed for mining or industrial <br />purposes. The two irrigation wells might be changed to industrial <br />use, but even then they could not be pumped during much of the <br />irrigation season unless operated under a court approved plan for <br />augmentation. The applicant must obtain a legal, dependable source <br />of water in order to prevent injury to adjudicated water rights in <br />the over-appropriated South Platte Basin. <br />The reclamation of the pit (Exhibit E) will leave 2 lakes with over <br />200 acres of surface area. These lakes will perpetually evaporate <br />over 450 acre-feet of water each year and this evaporation will have <br />a measurable, detrimental effect on the prevailing balance of the <br />South Platte River. A solution to this measurable material injury <br />has not been proposed by the applicant. If an augmentation plan <br />is utilized to prevent injury, the augmentation water must be <br />permanently attached to the land through covenants, deed restrictions, <br />or other legal means. <br />Cl. D~U <br />s A. Danielson <br />JAD/SSH/pjl <br />cc: W. G. Wilkinson, Div. Eng. <br />Consolidated Ditches of District 2 <br />Irrigationists Association <br />