REV90776

• Permit No: M1987020
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 2/8/1996
• Doc Name: MAXEYVILLE PIT M-78-068 SANDERSON PIT PN M-78-069 DEL NORTE PITE PN M-78-071 374 PIT PN M-87-020
• From: RIO GRANDE CNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
• To: OFFICE OF STATE ENGINEER
• Type & Sequence: CN1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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AGREEMENT
,9q~ THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this wand day of
between RIO GRANDE COUNTY (the "County"), the RIO
GRANDE CANAL WATER USERS ASSOCIATION (the "Association"), and the
SAN LUIS VALLEY WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT (the "District").
WHEREAS, the District was organized to provide for, among
other things, the conservation of the water resources of the San
Luis Valley and for the greater beneficial use of those water
resources within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, consistent with its organizational purpose, the
District desires to assist local water users' recharge efforts by
undertaking a demonstration recharge project within its boundaries;
and
WHEREAS, the County is the owner of a gravel pit located
within the District's boundaries in approximately 25.56 acres in
the S 1/2 SE 1/4 of Section 21, Township 40 N., Range 6 East,
N.M.P.M., Rio Grande County; and
WHEREAS, the County desires to use the area of ground
encompassed by the gravel pit as a recharge facility and has made
application to the District to participate in the District's
demonstration recharge project; and
WHEREAS, the Association is the owner of the Rio Grande Canal,
a system of irrigation ditches and laterals, and operates this
system to deliver water to its shareholders for use in the
irrigation of lands in the San Luis Valley; and
WHEREAS, certain water rights are decreed to the Rio Grande
Canal; and
WHEREAS, in Case No W-3979, Water Division No. 3, State of
Colorado, the Association individually, and in Case No. 79CW91,
Water Division No. 3, State of Colorado, the Association as a
member of the Rio Grande Water Users Association, obtained judicial
confirmation of the historical practice of making surface
diversions to be used to recharge the groundwater aquifers in order
to facilitate the irrigation of lands; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to cooperate with one another in
undertaking to utilize the area encompassed by the gravel pit for
a recharge facility pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
conditions herein expressed, the parties agree as follows: