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Prior to augmentation, 114.5 acre-feet of consumptive <br />(• credit is availahle. The plan requires use of 62.1 acre-feet <br />of consumptive-use credit, but also results in a return-flow <br />credit of 25.8 acre-feet. After augmentation, 78.2 acre-feet <br />of consumptive-use credit will remain. It could be leased <br />to others, such as the town of Nucla, or used in a <br />reclamation program. <br />Use of water stored in the ponds will be required during <br />the months of.April and October, when the consumptive-use <br />credit .is too low to supply. the needed water. .It will be <br />important .to ensure that sufficient water is stored in the <br />ponds at the beginning of these months. <br />1~ <br />Facilities <br />The facilities system that utilizes and distributes the <br />62.1 acre-feet includes the following: 1). five ponds. in the <br />NUCLA mine area, 2) a pond south of NUCLA EAST mining area, <br />and 3) the CC ditch system, particularly .the sections that <br />feed Tuttle and Calamity Draws, and the diversion-split box <br />No. 13 on the CC ditch (Figure 2). <br />Appendix B contains as-built drawings of the five NUCLA <br />mine ponds and the proposed NUCLA EAST pond design developed <br />by PCC. Each pond is designed to intercept water from the <br />.~, <br />24 <br />GEOTRANS, INC. <br />