HYDRO20551

• Permit No: M1981058
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/14/2005
• Doc Name: substitute water supply plan
• From: office of the state engineer
• To: williams turner and holmes pc
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER ~
Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Stree4 Roam 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
Pfione [phone]
FAX [phone]
www.water.state.co.us
Mark A. Hermundstad ~
Williams, Turner & Holmes, P.C.
P.O. Box 338
Grand Junction, CO 81502
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Executive Director
Hal D. Simpson, P.E.
Stare Engineer
RE: 2005-2006 Substitute Water Supply Pian for
Debeque Pit (DMG #M-81-058 /
Sections 8 & 9, T9S, R97W, 6 P.M.
Water Division 5, Water District 45, Mesa County
Period of Approval: May 17, 2005 through May 16, 2006
Dear Mr. Hermundstad:
We have completed review of your request for renewal of the substitute wat~ar supply plan for the
Debeque Piton behalf of Elam Construction and Tom and Ginger Latham (hereinafter referred to as
"Applicants"), in accordance with CRS 37-90-137(11). The required fee of $217 for the renewal request
has been submitted.
SWSP Operations
The anticipated net depletion for this plan is 22.7 acre-feet per year for up to 6.0 acres of water
surface exposed after December 31, 1980. According to the information submitted, no water surface
was exposed within the reclamation permit boundary prior to January 1, 1981.
You have provided a monthly breakdown of the annual depletions made up of 19.2 acre-feet of
evaporative loss, 2.5 acre-feet of water used and consumed for dust control, and 4,4 acre-feet of water
lost with the mined product. A phreatophyte credit of 3.4 acre-feet has been applied to this,plan,
reducing the evaporative loss to 15.8 acre-feet per year.
The proposed sources of replacement for this pit are 32.5 acre-feet of historic net stream
depletions during April through October from the dry-up of 16 acres of land historic311y irrigated with 5.11
shares in the Larkin Ditch Company. The monthly depletions and replacement requirements are found
on attached Table 9. Note that a comprehensive stream depletian analysis considering return flow lags
may be necessary for approval of a plan for augmentation. The Larkin Ditch Company owns the Larkin
Ditch (senior right) water right, decreed in Case No. CA1927 for 25 cfs for irrigation purposes, and the
First Enlargement of the Larkin Ditch Qunior right) decreed in Case No. W-176 for 12.5 cfs for irrigation
purposes. The amount dedicated to this plan equates to 1.435 cfs of the senior right and 0.7175 cfs of
the junior right.
A condition of approval in the October 20, 2003 plan approval letter required the applicant to file
an application for a plan for augmentation with the Division 5 Water Court prior to Iviay 16, 2005 to
assure that out-of-priority depletions resulting from the ground water exposure will be replaced to the
stream system. The applicant filed Case No. 05CW76 on May 12, 2005 requesting an underground
water right, a change of water right and a plan for augmentation. An additional condition of approval in
the plan approval letter required the applicant to obtain a well permit for the gravel pit. Permit No.