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.° _ N <br />4:,:stcr;l loving Construction Corn?Jny <br /> <br />i;..Gosl i r, 71 tCi1 1Vd tOr r l ~;lt t0 i , r l ~atC th l s parcel of land. Thcre`-or e <br />l<?CC now owns 2; shares of the Palmerton ditch and 20%+ o` the Ch~p-:an <br />' ` a.ld Y.cCasl in ditch. <br />Til'_5~ 1•r~t~r rights have his~orically been used to irritate aSout <br />13$ 2cres of hay and pzstare on the property. Of these 13$ acres,39 <br />lie: ~: U.^,d.:r tad ~hapnl3n and il,G~asll^ dl tcit, X52 w~;re Un.7df ti10-~o1S.ur~.:O;l <br />ditch, and $4 were unddr the 3a:<~r and 4!eese, aid ll~asa ?rivaza di :c;;,s. <br />The Cha?^an ~ P`,cCaslin and ?al.-~lerton ditches have excellent se^ior <br />';:ate; rig:lts. Sased on our studies, these watzr rights `:eve ?rovided d <br />fUil tJc^tdr sl'Oply 70r file land irrigated by then in even the driest years <br />~oP record. The 6a;cer b',leese and tde;.sa Private dischds are ;ur,ior to tie <br />?alme:ton, and have bden shut of'f in the late su:>,:.er of so^;e vary dry <br />years. Our studies show that these ditches provide a furl wz.t.:r suo~ly , <br />for t;:s j!+ acres irrigated Sy t~,:ro in all years of rear-averzise or <br />yreatcr runo`f. <br />• ~OnsU^1ptlV2 Use recui re~e^ti Oi tn3 .'lay znd pdStL're C~'rd55es 4:ere ~.'.=2."~ <br />. re,: Sy t;^e modified ulzney-Criddla Nietilod, whic;l is a standard anyinaa. i _ <br />• -ct:loC of estimating tale evaporation and transpi:ati,on •.vater losses associ- <br />ated with irrigated crops. G~sed or, s~udics of t;lese crop r:cuirc;;c:lti <br />and tae adecuacy Of histOCiC dlver$:o;ls b me8t tl1.:53 rcGuir•x~cnts, l;e <br />C9st 1:12:8 filet t;le COnsU^Ot1Vd l:Sd of irri ration water d550Ci z"ced ';li t.l ~;^.d <br />aJOVe CeSCriJed water fights 01 the 'e/ong =arm Cds JC.9n <'.+0at ?h.~ ,:Cr2-::;dC <br />?zr year in the driest years o; record, aid slightly lore dur:,g avaracc <br />o; wetter years. <br />':l2CC proposes to leave a5out 50.5 acres of la:<e sur'`acds on tnd <br />?roporty after s2::d and Sr2v~l rini^g o?aratio„s era ~rin;s;;ad, T;tis rli11 <br />-esul't in evaporative losses to t;le St. Vrain Creak w}lic;l w'a osti.^..=_~: ;:i'.l <br />averc;e auout 115 acre-fact ?er year and rz,lge from ap?roxir.z:aly jj :o <br />1':j c:re-feet per year dcoe^ding u?on climatic co^ditions sic:; as ta-;JOr- <br />atur.:, rdtnfal i, '.vied, 2nd etc. <br /> <br />