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Timing of Return Flows The return flow obligations from the Box Elder shares will be maintained by the recharge plan. The , full headgate delivery for these 5.0 shares will be diverted into the recharge pit each irrigation season.. Approximately 300.7 acre-feet represents .the historic consumptive use portion of the volume ' recharged at the recharge pit during the irrigation season (Column "D" Table No. 3). These shares will have approximately 44.8 acre-feet of winter retain flows that must be maintained in their- historic pattern starting in October 2003 (Column "F" Table No. 3)..The return flows from.. November 2002 through Apri12003 are from the 1.0 shaze included in the previous renewal of this plan (TableNo. 3). City of Greeley Lease Due to the lagged timing of replacements reaching the Poudre River, the recharge program only makes complete replacements starting in June through December during 2003. A lease of 32.2 acre-feet of fully consumable water from the City of City of Greeley will make replacements from November 2002 through March 2003 (Table No. 3). A copy of the lease is included in Appendix C. The point of replacement will be the Greeley WWTP. City of Fort Collins Lease Again,-due to the lagged timing of replacements reaching the Poudre River, the rechazge program only makes complete replacements starting in June 2003. A lease of 22 acre-feet of fully " consumable water from the City of Fort Collins will make replacements from March through May 2003 (Table No. 3) A copy of the lease is included in Appendix C. The point of replacement will be Fossil Creek Reservoir; which can deliver water directly to the Poudre River - approximately one mile upstream of ttie Three Bells and Kyger Properties. The total amount'of replacement water required includes 0.5 acre-foot of transit losses calculated at 0.25%-per stream mile (Table No. 3). This combination of recharge of 5.0 Box Elder Ditch shares and leases from the City of Fort Collins and the City of Greeley will.provide adequate replacements for the depletions at the Three Bells and Kyger-Properties during 2003 (Table No. 3). Water Commissioner George Varra will be shown the recharge pit and provided records of the deliveries into the pit. He has approved this combination of replacement sources. It is requested that this plan be approved through December 31, 2004. New leases from the City of Fort Collins and'the City of Greeley will be forwarded to the SEO for the 2004 depletions that aze not replaced by the rechazge program (Table No. 3). SURROUNDING WATER RIGHTS The Three Bells Pit was issued Well Permit No. 054295-F on August 8, 2000. The consumptive use for the site has not changed. A new well permit and a 600-foot spacing inspection will not be Page 4