2009-10-21_HYDROLOGY - M1977572

• Permit No: M1977572
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 10/21/2009
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: OSE
• To: BBA Water Consultants, Inc.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Hydrology Report
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Jeffrey A. Clark
September 25, 2009
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Diversions Located in the Arkansas River Basin". Monthly meter readings from Well Id 1205640 and
1705985 are to be provided to the Division Engineer (e-mail to Div2Ground.Water(a-)-state.co.us).
Reported readings from Valco should include the Well Id, each recording digit and the meter
multiplier.
4. Subject to approval by the Division Engineer, the Applicant may lease or purchase additional
replacement water from the sources approved in this plan. The Applicant must provide a copy of a
lease/purchase agreement to the State Engineer's Office and the Division Engineer for use of such
additional replacement water. Should any of the leases expire prior to the expiration of this plan,
lease renewals must be obtained and submitted within 2 weeks of their expiration.
5. Approval of this SWSP is for the purposes stated herein. The State Engineer's Office must first
approve any additional uses for which the water may be used. The replacement water, which is the
subject of this SWSP, cannot be sold or leased to any other entity during the term of this SWSP
without prior approval of the Division Engineer.
6. De-watering of excavations within the Canon City East and Lamar East pits may only occur within
excavations that have a standing free water surface within 100 feet of the Arkansas River. During
de-watering, the separation, or berm, between the excavation and the river may not be back-filled to
a width of more than 100 feet.
7. The Applicant shall provide to the Division Engineer, within 30 days of the date of this approval, an
electronic Excel spreadsheet showing, by WDID, the owner or contact person name, address and
telephone number for each well or other structure covered or used in this SWSP. The Applicant
shall also provide to the Division Engineer an updated version of this spreadsheet if there are any
owner or contact person changes within the approval period of this SWSP.
8. For all wells included in this SWSP, the Applicant shall ensure that all well permit files are complete
and valid and the uses proposed for the wells in this SWSP are consistent with the decreed and
permitted uses. If well permits for any of the wells do not meet this standard, the permit files must
be completed or valid well permits must be obtained prior to expiration of this SWSP. Should an
additional SWSP be requested, the Applicant shall demonstrate that this requirement has been
satisfied.
9. Release of the Pueblo waters must be under the Division Engineer's direction and approval.
10. The Applicant shall provide daily accounting (including, but not limited to diversions; depletions,
replacement sources, and river calls) on a monthly basis. The accounting must be emailed to the
Water Commissioner (Charlie.JudgeCa,state.co.us for Canon City East Pit Ops;
Don. Tavlor(a)_state.co.us for Rocky Ford East Pit Ops; Dan. NeuholdCo),state.co.us for Lamar East Pit
Ops) and to the Division Engineer (e-mail to Div2Ground.Water(a--state.co.us), within 30 days of the
end of the month for which the accounting applies. Accounting and reporting procedures are subject
to approval and modification by the Division Engineer. Accounting forms need to identify the WDID
number for each well operating under this SWSP. NOTE: Monthly accounting, even during the
winter non-irrigation season, is required.
11. The Applicant shall follow the accounting protocols as referenced in the attached documents for the
operation of this SWSP.
12. The name, address, and phone number of the contact person who will be responsible for the
operation and accounting of this SWSP must be provided with the accounting forms to the Division
Engineer and Water Commissioner.
13. Credits for the Rocky Ford Ditch shares and Canon City and Oil Creek Ditch shares shall be
determined by diverting in-priority and measuring back to the river the amount for these share totals.
Credits will be determined by applying the appropriate consumptive use factor to the daily delivered
pro-rata share amount measured through the augmentation stations. Credits to be used for
depletions at pit sites below the point of credit (i.e. at the Lamar East Pit from Rocky Ford Ditch
credits) must be made available by daily coordination with the Division Engineer's Office to affect