GENERAL44397

• Permit No: M1979059
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/31/1985
• Doc Name: MEMORANDUM
• From: DWR
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RICHARD D. LAMM
Governor

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JERIS A. DANIELSON
State Engineer
OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1313 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver, Coloratlo 80203
[phone]
October 27, 1986
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T0: Robert Carlson, Mined Land Reclamation divisnion
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SUBJECT: Coulson Excavating Co., Brownwood Pit #2, M-86-122
Sec. 19 & 20, T5N, R68W
As requested, we have reviewed the above referenced application for a permit
to mine sand and gravel on 64.9 acres, 3/4-mile southeast of Loveland, Colo-
rado, in Larimer County. The applicant proposes to create two ground water
ponds with a total surface area of 31.4 acres. The proposed reclaimed use of
these ponds is unclear but we believe they will be used for 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, Coulson Excavating Co. 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.
Coulson Excavating Co. has provided insufficient information concerning the
use of water in the mining operation. In order for us to comment, we would
need to know the quantities of water to be used for dust control, washing, and
other purposes. We would also need to know the sources of water for the
operation and the legal right to use these water sources. Coulson Excavating
Co. will not be able to use water from the pit for the mining operation unless
replacement water for the additional consumptive use is included in the plan
for augmentation.
The surface area of the pond that will be formed in the mining process is 31.4
acres. The amount of water lost to the South Platte River basin due to evapo-
ration from this amount of water surface is approximately 83 acre-feet per