PERMFILE107333

• Permit No: M1986079
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/11/1986
• Doc Name: AL FREI & SONS MANN MARITAL TRUST M & G PIT 59-86-C SECTIONS 2 & 3 T2S R67W
• From: DWR ‎(SE0)‎
• To: ADAMS CNTY PLANNING DEPT
• Section_Exhibit Name: SECTIONS 2 & 3 T2S R67W
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Stale Engineer
OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
7373 Sherman Street-Room 878
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]
July 24, 1986
Mr. Ramsey Boehner
Adams County Planning Department
4955 East 74th Avenue
Commerce City, CO 80022
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.Dept. o! Natural Reeaurces
Re: Al Frei & Sons (Mann Marital Trust)
M & G Pit, n59-86-C
Sections 2 and 3, T2S, R67W
Dear Mr. Boehner:
As requested, we have reviewed the above referenced application for a
permit to mine sand and gravel on 109 acres near Henderson, Colorado, in Adams
County. Aground water lake will be created by the mining. From the applica-
tion, it is unclear whether the operator plans to put the reclaimed lake to
beneficial use.
The surface area of the pond that will be formed in the mining process is
58.7 acres. The amount of water lost to the South Platte River basin due to
evaporation from this amount of water surface is 152 acre-feet. The portion
of these losses which occurs during the irrigation season is equivalent to the
amount of water needed to meet the irrigation needs of approximately 68 acres
of corn. We used the Modified Blaney-Griddle Formula to calculate this
figure. Since the South Platte River is already over-appropriated, this will
result in a loss of water to downstream irrigators.
It appears that the ground water lake will be used by wildlife. Using an
impoundment of water for recreational purposes, inc]uding fishery and wild-
life, has been defined in Section 37-92-103, CRS (1973), as putting the water
to beneficial use. Since the source of water for the ]ake 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, Al Frei & Sons will be in violation of Section 37-90-137, CRS
(1913). Since the proposed gravel pit would be Tocated in an over-appro-
priated basin, the well permit could not be obtained until a court approved
plan for augmentation has been developed.