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• <br />i <br /> <br />D~ Nom: <br />Surface Water <br />1983 HYDROLOGIC REPORT <br />Doc Date:1211112001 <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />sss <br />Surface water will be discussed in three general categories: <br />creek water, water within the permit boundary, and springs. Moni- <br />toring was done monthly for all of these locations during the year, <br />and quarterly full list sampling was done on the creeks and Sample <br />Point B. <br />Ward Creek downstream is a combination of Ward Creek upstream, <br />Williams Creek, Springs 1, 2, and 3, surface run-off between the <br />points, and irrigation run-off. The flow at the Ward Creek downstream <br />monitoring point is monitored from May through October by the local <br />Colorado Irrigation Division #4. A continuous recorder is installed <br />across a section of the Creek. No calibration has been done on the <br />section; therefore, only water level is monitored. The Parshall <br />flume installed on Williams Creek washed out during the high spring <br />run-off; therefore, no good flow measurements were made. On Ward <br />Creek upstream, good flow measurements were made except during high <br />flow, which washed around the Parshall flume. Flow from these and <br />other creeks in the area reached near-record peak flows from spring <br />run-off during the year. All three locations showed a general increase <br />in conductivity and pH during the fall and winter when flow was lowest. <br />The disturbed area water consists of undisturbed water flowing onto <br />the property, Sample Point A; pond discharge, Sample Point B; combined <br />pond water and undisturbed water, Sample Point C; and the Carbon Ditch <br />which receives flow from SP-C, Sample Point D. Flow in Carbon Ditch <br />is consistent for long periods of time, but the other three monitoring <br />points vary on a daily basis. The flow at SP-A was primarily irriga- <br />tion run-off and varied with the water settings and the water rights. <br />The Sunrise Ditch feeding this run-off is taken out of Ward Creek just <br />below the Ward Creek upstream monitoring point. The conductivity has <br />nearly doubled from using the water to irrigate. Flow from SP-B is <br />