2009-05-01_HYDROLOGY - M1987038

• Permit No: M1987038
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 5/1/2009
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: DWR
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: KAP
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
-,,-Mr. Pete Foster
Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
1666 N. Main Ave., Ste C
Durango, CO 81602
May 1, 2009
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Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe, P.E.
Director
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RE: Bayfield Gravel Operation Substitute Water Plan
DMG File NO. M-1987-038
Section 141.1, T34N, 7RW, N.M.P.M.
Water Division 7, Water District 11
Plan Period: April 20, 2009 - April 19, 2011
Dear Mr. Foster:
This letter is in response to your application dated February 3, 2009, for a substitute
water supply plan (SWSP) for a sand and gravel pit to be operated by Old Castle SW Group
dba Four Corners Materials (Applicant) in accordance with Section 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. The
required fee of $1,593.00 for the substitute water supply plan (SWSP) has been received
(receipt number 3637486).
Plan of Operation
The Bayfield Gravel Operation has an approved plan for augmentation decreed in Case
No. 03CW65; however, the applicant requests to expand the acreage to areas not covered by
the plan for augmentation and to change the method of gravel washing. Therefore, applicant
requests to set aside the plan for augmentation and operate the site under this SWSP. Since
the plan for augmentation will not operate during these approved plan years, the replacement
water is made available for this SWSP.
This plan describes an existing gravel operation and consists of two partially constructed
gravel pits located on property owned by the Applicant. The existing gravel pits, Bayfield Pit No.
1 and Bayfield Pit No. 2 are permitted as Well No. 63606-F. This permit limits the use of the
groundwater to evaporation from 28.39 acres of water surface area, retention of water in mined
product, pumping for gravel washing, dust control, concrete production, and limited water sales.
The exposed water surface area of the gravel pits currently totals 26 acres, however; the
surface area may increase to the maximum surface area of 28.39 acres. The current operation,
which consists of gravel mining and concrete production, is covered by an augmentation plan
decreed in Case No. 03CW65. However, since the augmentation plan does not cover these
changes,, the augmentation plan will no longer be used and the entire operation will be covered
by this SWSP. The changes to the operation include:
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