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EXHIBIT G <br /> The operation of the gravel pits by Applicant is not <br /> expected to affect directly surface or ground water systems <br /> in the affected area or on Applicant 's lands as a whole . The <br /> aquifer underlying the Applicant's lands contains very little <br /> naturally occurring ground water and is perched above the <br /> alluvium of the South Platte River . Because of the nature <br /> of the underlying shale on Applicant 's lands , he has pro- <br /> posed a plan for underground storage of water which is <br /> presently before the Water Court in Greeley for adjudication <br /> in Case Nos . W-6098 and W-7737-74 . <br /> The basis of Applicant' s water plan is receipt of water <br /> diverted from the South Platte River through the Riverside <br /> Canal which is placed in storage underground by virtue of <br /> percolation from reservoir No. 1 or from the gravel pits . <br /> Of the three reservoirs located on Applicant 's lands <br /> reservoir No . 1 is the largest , covering 23 . 5 acres at <br /> normal water elevation with a capacity of 166 acre feet . <br /> Reservoir No . 2 covers 5 . 6 acres at normal water elevation <br /> and has a capacity of 19 acre feet, and reservoir No . 3 <br /> • covers 3 .3 acres at normal water elevation with a capacity <br /> of 10 acre feet . <br /> The only water course on Applicant 's lands is Antelope <br /> Draw which is shown on Exhibit C. It is an intermittent <br /> stream which has flow in the draw, according to area residents , <br /> only once in every five to eight years and that is from severe <br /> rainstorms . There are no springs or other naturally occurring <br /> bodies of water on Applicant' s lands nor are there stock watering <br /> ponds at the present time . Land adjacent to the mining operations <br /> is used for irrigated agriculture , primarily hay fields and corn. <br /> Water is not used in the mining operation on Applicant 's <br /> lands since it is a dry operation. Maintenance of water in the <br /> gravel pits will be in accordance with the water rights decree <br /> rather than mining operations , and the decree requested is for <br /> agricultural rather than any other use . It is not anticipated <br /> that there will be any pollution from surface water since there <br /> is no surface flow regularly occurring on Applicant ' s lands . <br /> Further there is no substantial runoff from Applicant ' s lands , <br /> and water used in Applicant 's farming operations will in fact <br />