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iii iiiiiiiiiiiuiii ROY ROMER Governor OFFICE OF T4iE STATE ENGINEER DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES 1313 Sherman Street-Room 818 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 866-3581 March 30, 1990 Mr. Gary C. Dodson General Superintendent, San Luis Project Battle Mountain Gold Company P.O. Box 310 San Luis, Colorado 81152-0310 RE: Romero Letter of March 14, 1990 Dear Mr. Dodson: S~PVe ~2nner Mc.~K6 JEHIS A. DANIELSON State Engineer ~~V>r7~~~~~ ~tlAR 3 0199U MINED LANG RtCLAMATIO!~ i71~115t~tU John Romero has asked me to respond to your March 14, 1990, letter in which you ask him to approve relocation of the RS-5 and RS-3 gaging stations on Rito Seco. I have been in contact with Steve Renner of the Mined Land Reclamation Board and have determined that the location of the gaging sta- tions and the water quality sampling was a requirement of the Mined Land Reclamation Board not the State Engineer's Office. By copy of this letter I am forwarding the Romero letter to Steve Renner for his response. I am aware of your proposed use of gaging stations above and below the project to evaluate your augmentation requirements in the Water Court Case No. 89CW32. This office has concern whether operation of the gages will be adequate to determine if there is injury; however, any gages to be used for that purpose will have to be capable of accurately measuring the flows over the entire range of flow. I have discussed the current staff gages at the RS-3 and RS-5 stations with Steve Vandiver, my Division Engineer in Alamosa, and his opinion is that they do not now adequately measure flows. Mr. Vandiver would be willing to assist in the selection of sites which might provide for more accurate mea- surement. He could suggest published literature which would describe how to install the gages to meet the intended purpose.