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The permit and adjacent areas are generally bounded by three (3) perennial streams. These streams are Terror Creek, Hubbard Creek and the North Fork of the Gunnison River, and the streams are located west, east and south of the permit area, respectively. Tributary to the perennial streams are the following intermittent and ephemeral streams: Freeman Gulch, Stephans Draw, A-Gulch, B-Gulch, C-Gulch and D-Gulch. The specific locations of these streams are depicted on permit application Map No. 9. The North Fork of the Gunnison River drains an area of approximately 526 square miles. The average annual yield of the North Fork of the Gunnison River from October 1943 to September 1994 was approximately 330,500 acre-feet. The quantity and quality of this river is influenced significantly by agricultural and municipal uses. Near Somerset, Colorado, the water in the North Fork of the Gunnison River is a calcium-bicarbonate type, and total dissolved solids concentrations range from approximately 100 milligrams per liter (mg/1) to approximately 400 mg/l. Tenor Creek is a perennial stream which drains approximately 29 square miles, and Hubbard Creek is a perennial stream which drains approximately 35 square miles. Freeman Gulch is a significant drainage which is tributary to Hubbard Creek. Freeman Gulch exhibited flow during the snowmelt period of Spring 1995, and may be considered an intermittent stream. Stephans Draw is also an intermittent stream, and Stockpond P-I is located along Stephans Draw. The drainages of A-Gulch, B-Gulch, C-Gulch and D-Gulch probably exhibit ephemeral flow regimes. None of these drainages exhibited flow during 1995. There are five (5) stock ponds located in the permit and adjacent areas. These include Pond P-1, mentioned above, and all of the ponds are manmade. The ponds collect spring season runoff, and any available seep water. Groundwater in the area is located within the alluvial deposits along the North Fork of the Gunnison River and Hubbard and Terror Creeks, within the steep sloped colluvial deposits found within some of the drainages, in perched water zones located within the lenticular sandstones of the Mesa Verde formation and in the Rollins Sandstone. The Rollins Sandstone is a recognized aquifer in the area. The groundwater associated with the alluvial deposits of the North Fork of the Gunnison River has been developed for domestic and agricultural uses. The localized groundwater resources associated with the alluvial deposits of Hubbard and Terror Creeks are not significantly developed. The groundwater associated with local colluvial deposits is recharged by snowmelt, and the water discharges through local intermittent springs and seeps. Most of this colluvial water is lost due to evaporation. Bedrock groundwater is not abundant in [he permit area. The groundwaters of the locally perched bedrock water zones and of the Rollins Sandstone are not significantly developed in the permit and surrounding area, due to relatively poor water quality and low potential quantity yields. The general bedrock groundwater flow direction in the sandstone strata of the Mesaverde 8