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RECHARGE PROTOCOL <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Division One -Greeley <br />1. The purpose of a "recharge structure" as referenced in this document is to <br />introduce water to the river alluvium that will result in accretions to a live stream. <br />For the purposes of this document, a recharge structure does not include a well <br />that is used to art~cially recharge a Denver Basin bedrock aqu'rfer. With that <br />qualification, a recharge structure is defined as; <br />"-`~-~^~+r- a. A section of ditch, the losses from which can be reasonably characterized <br />by an average SDF value. <br />b. A pond or group of ponds that receive water from the same delivery <br />location and can reasonably be assigned a single SDF value. <br />2. A written not cation for each recharge structure must be provided to the water <br />commissioner and division engineer. The Division of Water Resources will <br />not acknowledge any recharge activity conducted either prior to our <br />knowledge of its existence or which cannot be corroborated with data by <br />the water commissioner. The not cation must include: <br />a. the section, township and range of the structure (STR). <br />b. the distances of the structure from the section lines. <br />c. if the diversion point for the recharge structure is not located in the vicinity <br />of the recharge site, then also provide the STR and distances from <br />section lines of the metered diversion point. <br />d. for ditch structures, identity the location of the diversion structure. If the <br />ditch is divided into more than one recharge reach, explain how the <br />volume diverted will be allocated to the various sections. <br />e. the maximum water surface area of the structure. <br />3. Upon receiving written not cation, the Division of Water Resources will assign <br />the structure a WDID number. The WDID number is the identification number <br />that will be used for the administration of the structure and must be included in all <br />correspondence and accounting reports. (Any structure specifically identified <br />by STR and distances from section lines in a Water Court appNcation for <br />water rights or plan for augmentation will be considered to have met the <br />written notification requirements. For structures that were conceptually <br />included In a decreed plan for augmentation but were not physically <br />constructed at the time of the decree, a written notification of the intent to <br />construct the structure must be provided.) <br />4. Any structure that intercepts groundwater must be permitted as a well and <br />included in a plan for augmentation or substitute water supply plan approved by <br />the State Engineer. The Division of Water Resources strongly recommends <br />avoiding recharge structures that intercept groundwater, in order to simplify the <br />accounting process. <br />Recharge Protocol, Revisedzlanua°,~-2A05 January 28. 2005 <br />