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Decree of the Water Court <br />Case No. 03CW8, Water Div. 2 <br />Transit Mix of Pueblo, Inc., et al. <br />Page 7 <br />19. The water budget results were used to develop monthly depletion factors to <br />determine the monthly consumptive use credit that can be claimed under the Hamp-Bell Ditch by <br />Priority, as shown in Table 3a. The factors were determined by taking the average historical <br />monthly depletion associated with each Priority and dividing by the average historical monthly <br />diversion attributed to each Priority. To calculate the future consumptive use credit, the monthly <br />depletion factors will be multiplied by the future calculated monthly diversions of the Hamp-Bell <br />water rights under each water right. By applying the depletion factors in Table 3a and the diversion <br />limits in Paragraph 15, the consumptive use credits will be limited to the amount that occurred <br />historically. The depletion factors will be applied in the months when a net depletion occurred to <br />the river as a result of the diversion of each respective right. Application of the depletion factors <br />during these months will automatically leave the remainder of the calculated diversions in the <br />stream during these months to replace the historical return flows. As Table 3a shows, there was <br />a net depletion for Priority No. 27 from April through October; there was a net depletion for Priority <br />Table 3a - Monthly Depletion Factors <br />Month Priority 27 Depletion <br />Factor Priority 36 Depletion <br />Factor Priority 59 Depletion <br />Factor <br />April 0.6067 0.3223 0.4282 <br />May 0.6062 0.4526 0.5387 <br />June 0.5733 0.3633 0.2483 <br />July 0.5645 0.3452 -0- <br />August 0.5316 0.0668 -0- <br />September 0.4924 -0- -0- <br />October 0.2743 -0- 0.0622 <br />15003 h/transit mix/decree 02-22-09