1980-07-08_PERMIT FILE - M1974052

• Permit No: M1974052
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/8/1980
• Doc Name: REGULAR 112 PERMIT APPLICATION FORM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

located in Section 34, Township 3 North, Range 67
West , 6 th P.M. , Weld County, Colorado, on the North
side of St . Vrain Creek, and the date of appropriation
of the structure is January 1 , 1860.
4 . Statement of the Plan for Augmentation:
a . General Description:
Applicant is presently conducting a sand and gravel
mining operation on portions of the Northwest quarter,
Section 31 , Township 3 North, Range 67 West , 6th P.M.
Weld County, Colorado. As a result of the removal of
surface and subsurface materials, the groundwater
table in the area has been intercepted anal exposed.
This has resulted in the evaporation of water which
would normally be a part of the St . Vrain Creek
Alluvium. During the active mining stage of the
operation, Applicant also intends to use water from
the on site ponds to control excessive dust in the
construction area . It is expected that the
application of water in this fashion will result in
some evaporation of the water which is removed from
the ponds .
b. Augmentation Needs:
At the present time, there are approximately 26 acres
of finished pond surface and an additional 12.8 acres
of temporary ponds which are used in conjunction with
the sand and gravel mining operation. It is
anticipated that when completed, the total area of
exposed ground water will increase by approximately 59
acres . This Plan for Augmentation is designed to
provide replacement water for the stream depletions
associated with the above described operation. To th
extent that the Court determines that additional
augmentation water is required, a Supplemental Plan
for Augmentation will be filed with the Court Clerk.
C. Operation and Administration of the Plan:
Applicant , in order to prevent injury to vested senior
water rights as a result of any out of priority stream
depletions associated with the sand and gravel
operation, will discontinue usage of the irrigation
well decreed in Case No. W-7551-73. Historically,
water from said well has been used to irrigate 72
acres of pasture grass located in the S 1/2 NW 1/4,
Section 31, Township 3 North, Range 67 West , 6 th
P.M. , Weld County, Colorado. The historically
irrigated acreage has been permanently been taken out
of production as a result of the sand and gravel
mining operation referenced above. Engineering
calculations, using the Modified Blaney-Criddle
method, indicate that each acre of irrigated land
historically has consumed at least 1 .63 acre feet of
water, for a total of 117. 3 acre feet .
WHEREFORE, Applicant requests that the Court enter Findings
of Fact , Conclusions of Law and a Decree approving the Plan for
Augmentation and Change of Water Right described herein.
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