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Chips Barry -2- July 20, 1979 <br />In the July 13 letter, the applicant stated that the probable reclamation <br />alternative at the site is a 50 to 60 acre lake on the Baugartner property. <br />Although this proposal minimizes the potential lake surface, no information <br />has been provided concerning the effects of evaporation losses from this <br />pond upon the hydrologic balance and upon senior surface water appropriators <br />along the Poudre. Perhaps permanent removal of some land under the Boxelder <br />Ditch from irrigation could offset these evaporation losses. Until we receive <br />additional information concerning historic consumptive use of irrigation water <br />on the property, we cannot adequately evaluate these effects. <br />We cannot recommend approval of this application until additional information <br />has been provided concerning a legal, dependable water supply and a plan to <br />"minimize the disturbance to the hydrologic Balance" from evaporation losses. <br />A . ~~~ <br />Hal D. Simpson <br />HDS/SSH:mvf <br />cc: Jim Clark, Div. Eng. <br />Cache La Poudre Water Users Assoc. <br />