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° "nQ 1.14•.. <br />December 6, 2011 <br />Dear Mr. Gardner, <br />Best regards, <br />Lynne L. Bixler <br />Water Commissioner, WD42 <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Mark Gardner <br />Whitewater Building Materials <br />940 South 10 St. <br />PO Box 1769 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501 -1769 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director /State Engineer <br />Bob W. Hurford, P.E. <br />Division Engineer <br />This letter is in response to our recent phone conversation concerning the diversion of East <br />Creek Ditch water into the McCurder gravel pit pond located near Whitewater. The current decrees for <br />the East Creek Ditch are for irrigation use only. However, when there is no river call being <br />administered below East Creek Ditch it is fine to divert any or all water from East Creek into the East <br />Creek Ditch and subsequently into the gravel pit pond even though the water will not be used for <br />irrigation. <br />I spoke with Travis Marshall from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. He was <br />under the impression there might be an issue with water quality. The Division of Water Resources <br />does not deal with water quality and thus has no issue with the current practice of diverting East Creek <br />Ditch water into the McCurder gravel pit pond. <br />Let me know if I can be of further assistance. <br />Water Division 4 • Montrose <br />P. O. Box 456 (1871 East Main Street) • Montrose, CO 81402 • Phone: 970 - 249 -6622 • Fax: 970 - 249 -8728 <br />http://water.state.co.us <br />