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1 <br />r dissolved solids concentrations can be as much as 1500 mg/1 and <br />the pH ranges from 6.5 to 7.5. <br /> Historic Land Use <br /> <br /> Land use prior to mining in the Greeley area included a mix- <br /> ture of dry pasture and irrigated crops. Crops were irrigated <br /> by laterals from a ditch that does not traverse the property. <br />f Part of the property was not irrigated but was used for pasture <br /> and grazing. No water was applied to this acreage. There are <br />' <br /> no areas that are sub-irrigated on the property or immediately <br /> adjacent to the property. Water levels of 10 feet or greater <br /> beneath the land surface are of sufficient depth to prevent the <br /> growth of phreatophytes throughout the mining site. No water <br /> remains attached to the land. The water that was historically <br /> ' <br /> used to irrigate crops on the property <br />is not owned by Flatiron <br /> and will be transferred to another place on the floodplain of <br /> the river to irrigate other crops. <br /> <br /> Future Land Use <br />' The future land and water use after mining will include open <br /> surface water and dry grassland. The land will be reclaimed <br /> by Flatiron Paving Company of Greeley so as to provide for the <br /> minimum amount of future water use throughout the site. The <br />' <br /> future land and water use is presented in the table below: <br /> FUTURE LAND AND WATER USE <br /> Land Use Size, ac Evaporation, ft. Total Water Use, of <br /> Open water 18* 2.5 45 <br /> Dry grassland 182 0 0 <br /> 200 ac 45af <br />* <br /> area of lake that was created prior to enactment of the present <br /> C-5 <br />