PERMFILE72055

• Permit No: M1985218
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/28/1986
• Doc Name: RICH PIT M-85-218 SOUTHWEST READY MIX
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• To: MLRD
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OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
MEMORANDUM
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SUBJECT:
1313 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]
February 28, 1986
Mark Loye, Mined Lano Reclamation Divips~'on
Hal D. Simpson, Deputy State Engineer// Q1~
Rich Pit, Southwest Ready-Mix, File No. M-85-218
Sec. 2, T21S, R63W and Sec. 35, T205, R63W
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J ERIS A. DANIELSON
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As requested, we have reviewed the above referenced application for a permit
to mine sand and gravel on 78 acres along the Arkansas River, eight miles east
of Puebla, Colorado, in Pueblo County. The applicant proposes to create ten
acres of ground water ponds in the next ten years. The ponds created are to
be reclaimed as wildlife habitat.
Using an impoundment of water for recreational purposes, including fishery and
wildlife, has been defined in Section 37-92-103, CRS (1973), as putting the
water to beneficial use. Since the source of water for the ponds that will be
created by the gravel pit operation is ground water and the ground water will
be used beneficially, we require that a well permit be obtained from our
office. The well permit must be obtained prior to excavation of the gravel
pit. Otherwise, Southwest Reaay-Mix will be in violation of Section
37-90-137, CRS (1973). Since the proposed gravel pit would be located in an
over-appropriated basin, the well permit could not be obtained until a court
approved plan for augmentation has been developed.
The applicant proposes to purchase water for dust suppression and other mining
purposes from the City of Pueblo Board of Water Works. Southwest Ready-Mix
will not be able to use water in the pit for the mining operation unless
replacement water for the additional consumptive use is included in the plan
for augmentation.
In a letter dated January 9, 1986 to our office, Southwest Reaay-Mix states
plans to use 30 acre-feet per year of water from well permit no. 10328-R
purchased from Rich and Company to augment for evaporation losses. Unfortu-
nately, this water would not be an acceptable replacement of evaporation
losses of the permanent ground water ponds. As stated by Southwest Ready-Mix,