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1 <br /> evaporation losses . The water thus allowed to flow into - <br /> f, the pond will be considerably in excess of the evaporation <br /> losses from the pond, and as a result will recharge the <br /> f' surrounding ground water formation and substantially enhance <br /> II the subsurface water supply in the vicinity. The amount of <br /> ,■ such enhancement should be exactly equal to the ground water <br /> Il� accretion resulting from historic uses of the water for <br /> irrigation purposes , and consequently the base flow regime of <br /> the Cache la Poudre River should be maintained in its historic <br /> condition. <br /> There is a possibility which cannot with current knowledge <br /> be anticipated, and that is that the procedure described above <br /> may result in waterlogging of the surrounding non-irrigated <br /> grassland, rendering it unfit for any future development. <br /> If this should prove to be the case, then arrangements can <br /> be made with the Greeley-Loveland Irrigation Company to <br /> store the subject water rights in the Company' s facilities , <br /> E whether it be in Lake Loveland, the Seven Lakes Reservoir <br /> System, or in Boyd Lake. The water- thus stored could then be <br /> L' released directly to the Cache- la Poudre River on a predetermined <br /> schedule in order to maintain the historic streamflow conditions. <br /> Water rights in Lake Loveland are currently used by the Great <br /> Western Sugar Company in such a manner. Consequently, there is <br /> adequate precedent for this type of operation. Moreover, it <br /> would be anticipated that if the land may someday in the future <br /> ' be annexed to the City of Greeley for residential development, <br /> Lthe water rights appurtenant thereto will be utilized in <br /> ' precisely this fashion. <br /> LSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> The Bestway Paving Company proposes to develop a .cravel <br /> extraction operation on a 75-acre parcel of land northwest of <br /> ' Greeley, Colorado. The proposed operation will consist of <br /> a sequence of pits of several acres in extent, from which the. <br /> J <br /> ' gravel will be extracted and overburden material replaced with <br /> L <br /> Li - -16- <br />