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<br />The sediment pond will supply water for the wash plant, dust control, irrigation <br />and other mine uses. Sources of water to the sediment pond will include water <br />from dewatering the pits and ground water seepage. Water from the wash plant <br />will be recycled to the sediment pond. <br />Total evaporation depletion from exposed water surfaces ( gravel lakes, <br />dewatering trench and wash pond) is estimated at 11.64 acre-feet per year. <br />Total annual depletion associated with the mining operations is estimated to be <br />approximately 24.02 acre-feet per year, which includes dust suppression <br />Water Rights <br />The water rights owned by the Stegner family include two shares of the Little <br />Cache la Poudre Ditch (see attached documentation). This water right provides <br />approximately 586 acre-feet per year. Historically, consumptive use of water <br />from the Little Cache la Poudre Ditch has been approximately 95.30 acre-feet per <br />year for crop irrigation of the 80 acres, more than sufficient to cover the proposed <br />depletions for the mining operation. <br />After mining and reclamation are completed, no consumptive use of ground <br />water is anticipated because the pit ponds will be lined to prevent evaporation of <br />ground water. <br />30 <br />