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Case Nos. 05CW278 and 06CW12 (Consolidated) <br />Applicant: Flag Resources, lnc. <br />Findings of Fact, Ruling of Referee, and Judgment and Decree of Water Court <br />Page 7 <br />The Augmented Water Rights are projected to be out of priority April 15-30 and <br />June 15-October 31 in some years. Based on this potential call scenario, the projected <br />out=of-priority depletions to be augmented are approximately 68.73 acre feet annually <br />for Phase I and 139.86 acre feet annually for Phase II, including a projected transit loss <br />for the augmentation releases of 5%. Applicant has the right under this augmentation <br />plan to contract for additional augmentation water from Wolford Reservoir and/or <br />Rucdi Reservoir, if necessary, to replace out-of-priority depletions resulting frorn use of <br />the Augmented Water Rights outside of this projected call scenario. <br />Exhibit B (Table I), attached hereto and incorporated herein, is a table of the net <br />evaporation calculations.for the Gravel Pit Well. Exhibit C (Table 2), attached hereto <br />and incorporated herein, describes the projected consumptive use and potential <br />augmentation schedule for Phase I and Phase 11. Applicant may change the mix of uses <br />and timing of uses described in Exhibit C, provided that Applicant has contracted for <br />sufficient stored water to replace actual out-of-priority depletions and provided that the <br />uses are consistent with this decree and well permits. If Phase II is implemented in <br />stages, the minimum annual augmentation supplies will be calculated annually pursuant <br />to Exhibit. D (Table 3) attached hereto and incorporated herein. Minimum annual <br />augmentation supplies will equal Exhibit D Column (3), plus Exhibit D column (4) <br />times the surface area of exposed water in the Gravel Pit Well. <br />Depletions from the Augmented Water Rights will be instantaneous to the <br />Colorado River given the close proximity of the Augmented Water Rights to the river <br />(less than 100 feet), and the very permeable gravel material that underlies the site. <br />14. The Augmented Water Rights are part of an integrated .water supply for <br />Applicant's property. "When a project or integrated system is comprised of several <br />features, work on one feature of the project or system shall be considered in finding that <br />reasonable diligence has been shown in the development of water rights of the entire <br />project or system." C.R.S. § 37-92-301(4)(b). <br />15. The water to be provided for augmentation is of a quality and quantity so <br />as to meet the requirements for which the water has been used by senior downstream <br />appropriators, and therefore meets the requirements of C.R.S. § 37-92-305(5). <br />11. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW <br />The foregoing findings of fact are fully incorporated herein. <br />2. All notices required by law have been properly made, including as <br />required under C.R.S. § 37-92-302(2) and (3). The Court has jurisdiction over the