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EXHIBIT G - Water Information <br />The proposed 62 acre area is located south of the Yampa River, which flows <br />along the north and northwest boundary of the proposed 112 Permit Area. <br />Flooding frequency is rare with brief duration. Irrigation water is removed <br />from the river via the Deep Cut Ditch and directed to the southwest. There are <br />no water rights attached to the 62 acre parcel or ownership in any Deep Cut <br />Ditch water. There is no current irrigation in the pasture areas on the 62 acre <br />parcel. There are no wet-lands, or other water resources that will be affected <br />by the site activities. Current site use is for pasture/stock grazing. All <br />disturbed areas will be reclaimed to developed water resource (2 pond areas) <br />for evaporation only. <br />The estimated average pond water surface elevation will be approximately <br />6194 feet BGL. The total planned exposed water surface area for both ponds <br />is 35.9 acres (Pond 41-19.80 ac. and Pond #2 -16.10 ac.). The applicant <br />would be required to obtain water rights to use water for other purposes such <br />as future irrigation. As per the Colorado Division of Water Resources District <br />Engineer, augmentation tables for pond evaporation are not required as there <br />is no call on the Yampa River waters. Tables may be necessary in the future <br />if conditions were to change basin wide. <br />Ground water levels are seasonal with an upper limit of 1.5 to 3 feet (April - <br />June) and a lower limit of >6 feet BGL. The aggregate mining operations will <br />intercept groundwater at an average depth of 4 to 6 feet BGL depending on <br />the ground level elevation (the site is relatively flat) and the seasonal water <br />table fluctuations. Other than the creation of two (2) pond water surfaces, site <br />operations will have little to no effect on water rights, drainage or hydrology <br />of the area. Each pond will be required to have a gravel pit well permit and <br />any excavation/pond edges will be a minimum of 100 feet from the Yampa <br />River as per the Colorado Division of Water Resources District Engineer. <br />(Copies of Gravel Pit Well Permit Applications are located in Exhibit M.) <br />There will be no disturbance within 100 feet of the Yampa River, Deep Cut <br />Ditch and Brennise water well. If the well is affected, the landowner/applicant <br />will have to deepen, repair and/or relocate the well as per the Exhibit S <br />Damage Agreement (the well is a concrete "cistern type" - 5 feet in diameter <br />and less than 30 feet deep with seasonal water level fluctuations). <br />Mining/processing activities may take place in either of the 2 pond footprint <br />areas at any time in order to establish the initial 2 separate water surfaces for