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• <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />SUMMARY <br />Varra Companies, Inc. has recently become the operator of the Seahorse Ranch West <br />Gravel Pit (DMG No. M-O1-113). The former operator was American Concrete and Gravel, <br />LLC. While the water necessary for this operation was addressed by the State Engineer's Office <br />(SEO) on December 19, 2001, appazently the former operator did not respond to the state's <br />comments. This application for a substitute water supply plan addresses the operational and <br />reclamation water demands of the Seahorse Ranch West Gravel Pit (SRWGP). It also identifies <br />the water that will be used to supply these demands. <br />Seahorse Pond is an active gravel pit (DMG No. M-96-44) located on the same property. <br />The use of water for this pit was decreed in Case No. 96CW267. This pit will also be used to <br />store water for release during the non-irrigation season to provide replacements required for the <br />SRWGP. <br />The pit is located southeast of Gunnison in Gunnison County, Colorado. A vicinity map <br />of this site is Figure 1. The land occupied by the SRWGP historically supported wetlands and <br />crops irrigated by water from the Grilling No. 1 Ditch . The historical crop consumptive use and <br />evaporation from the exposed ground water were taken from values decreed in Case No. <br />96CW267 and from the state's consultation in that case (Attachment 1). Varra Companies, Inc. <br />(VCI) reserves its right to revise values in future renewal applications should that be indicated by <br />subsequent analyses. It also reserves the right to claim wetlands credit. <br />VCI will use water during its operation. The total water use during the mining phase is <br />estimated to be 97.57 acre-feet (a-f) per yeaz. After mining is complete, the water lost from the <br />site will be only the evaporation from the exposed ground water of 93.44 a-f per yeaz. <br />VCI will replace the consumed water by drying uplands historically irrigated by the <br />Grilling No. 1 Ditch. The decree in Case No. 96CW267 conditioned dry-up of six acres during <br />mining. An additional 54.46 acres of historically imgated lands under the ditch will be dried up <br />for a total of 60.46 acres. A credit of 97.57 a-f per year derives from this source. Credit for <br />