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<br />1 <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES <br />E%HIBIT G <br />There will be little disturbance to the prevailing hydro- <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />logic balance as a result of this on-going operation. The <br />affected lands, which have in part been mined since 1972, were <br />originally irrigated pasture lands. As the size of the mining <br />operation grows greater, the irrigated pasture land decreases. <br />Our best estimate is that by 1982 the land available for ir- <br />rigated pasture will have decreased to a size where it will <br />no longer be economically profitable to continue irrigating. <br />No tributary water courses, springs. stock water ponds or <br />reservoirs are located on the affected land. One waste water <br />ditch and a short lateral from an irrigation ditch do exist. <br />The waste water ditch drains to a settling pond prior to the <br />water being returned to the river. iYhen the mining stages are <br />complete, no irrigated pasture land will remain, and the irri- <br />gation lateral and waste water ditches will be gone. <br />One well, for industrial use in the processing operation, <br />is located on the plantsite area. Well number 016465-F was <br />adjudicated for 1.0 c.f.s. on December 26, 1975, by Water <br />Judge LYilliam L. Gobin (see copy included). <br />This pit is dewatered under Colorado Department of Health <br />NPDES Permit No. CO-0024031 which expires on March 31, 1982. <br />The permit will be renewed as required. <br />Runoff waters are not a problem. Minor amounts which may <br />occur will drain into the excavation area, not away from the <br />operation. All drainage waters, runoff waters and dewatering <br />18 <br />