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MEETING WITH WATER USERS -TERROR CREEK AND COAL GULCH DRAINAGE <br />October 11, 1984 <br />• Page three <br />be allowed in the buffer zones. Retreat mining would not be done, <br />leaving pillars to support the surface. <br />3) a surface water rights inventory. HydroDynamics, a consulting <br />firm from Denver, was hired to search the records and provide a <br />list of all the adjudicated water rights in the area. As water is <br />sold with the property, it is not always possible to determine who <br />has ownership at the present time. <br />4) a water replacement plan. This must be a legal and physical way <br />of replacing water. One plan CWI would use is to divert Robert <br />Stucker/Overland Ditch water from East Roatcap Creek to West Roat- <br />cap Creek <br />Matt said CWI would be doing construction for the Overland Ditch <br />Diversion. Currently the Robert Stucker Ditch delivers water into East <br />Roatcap and it passes through areas where CWI would undermine. In coopera- <br />tion with Steve Wolcott and the Stucker AAesa Ditch, away was devised that <br />the water would stay in the ditch longer and then would come out in the <br />West Roatcap Creek. The Oak Mesa Ditch currently delivers water into West <br />Roatcap and a diversion/measuring structure would need to be constructed. <br />This is being permitted and will be fabricated and put in place early next <br />• spring. <br />Matt further discussed the water replacement plan stating monitoring <br />will he done to identify subsidence problems and repairs would be made <br />immediately when possible. <br />Water sources which have been identified in the area were shown on a <br />map and the users' rights were pointed out. Some of the rights are <br />recorded and show existing ownership, as they are the ones who originally <br />filed on them; however, water rights are transfered with property and <br />existing owners are not always known. CWI owns several of the sprinys in <br />this area. If there were a problem that came from mining under a spring, <br />CWI would repair it using sub-surface construction. <br />The lease boundary was relocated to make certain CWI would not under- <br />mine West Roatcap or Terror Creek and a commitment has been made to immedi- <br />ately repair any damage to a water source. Matt said the company feels <br />they would affect a small part of Terror Creek, but there is not that much <br />coal in the area. <br />Mr. Hughes asked if the water is being monitored in East Terror Creek <br />and if it is known how much is coming from run-off from the Overland. Matt <br />said CWI was getting an accurate idea of what water is coming by the lease. <br />CWI doesn't know what is coming out of Terror Reservoir. <br />• <br />