Laserfiche WebLink
' • that for both land use patterns the gross depletion of the <br /> total water supply incident upon the parcel is approximately <br /> 107.5 acre feet per year. <br /> i. The final pattern of land use, which will not exist until <br /> approximately 20 to 25 years from the present, is projected <br /> on the basis of existing zoning and current land-use <br /> �i recommendations provided by the Weld County Planning Depart- <br /> ment. It is contemplated that under these criteria the <br /> agricultural character of the area will be preserved. Under <br /> these conditions the historic depletion of the waters of the <br /> South Platte River system will be maintained by the removal <br /> i <br /> from irrigation of approximately 31 acres of corn, and the <br /> �I 31 acres will be changed to 14 acres of water surface area <br /> in the pond and an additional 17 acres of non-irrigated <br /> native grass. <br /> j. This plan of augmentation specifically contemplates the <br /> E continued delivery to the parcel of the irrigation water <br /> supplies available by virtue of the ownership by the applicant <br /> of the water rights defined in Paragraph 2 of this application. <br /> Water in excess of the irrigation needs of the cultivated <br /> crop would be introduced directly into the pond for the <br /> purposes of compensating for surface evaporation loss there- <br /> � from and for maintaining the historic pattern of subsurface <br /> return flow from the subject parcel. <br /> k. If pit drainage water is discharged directly to the Cache <br /> ,1 La Poudre River via the storm sewer, a plan for water rights. <br /> *i exchanges has been developed to ensure that there will be no <br /> LLJJ adverse streamflow impacts as a result of stream depletion <br /> caused by de-watering of the pit. In summary, the plan will <br /> operate as follows: <br /> (i) During periods when the rate of discharge from the pit <br /> exceeds the rate of stream depletion, the excess will <br /> - 6 - <br />