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Richard T. Rains, P.H. Partners Home Office SWSP February 2, 2012 or the Tri- Districts as follows: Owner Decree Milton Seaman Reservoir Water stored under 87CW42. Windy Gap Units - Wholly consumable transbasin water pursuant to 61 units owned by Greeley in the Windy Gap Project. Water pursuant to Greeley's 75 shares of stock in the Windsor Reservoir and Canal Company that entitle Greeley to water from the Laramie River System which are the subject of the application in case no 06CW258. Greeley anticipates that it will obtain a decree during this SWSP application period. The Applicant shall not use the water that is the subject of case no. 06CW258 until such time as a decree is obtained in that case that allows the water to be used for augmentation purposes in this plan or until a substitute water supply plan is obtained pursuant to § 37 -92- 308(4). 03CW421 Reusable supplies stored in an account in Chambers Reservoir for water decreed in case no 03CW421. 89CW071 Transmountain water available from the Divide Canal and Reservoir Company in case no 89CW071. Water will primarily be released from Greeley's mountain reservoirs though the Tri - Districts may supplement the Greeley releases. The applicant has included a 5% transit loss through the Poudre Canyon and a 0.25% per mile transit loss from the mouth of the Poudre Canyon to the Home Office Pit for a total of a 7.8% of total transit losses. This loss will be applied to Greeley's and Tri- Districts replacement supplies unless the Partners receives prior approval from the District 3 Water Commissioner to make replacements downstream of the Home Office Pit. Appropriate transit losses are subject to the Water Commissioners approval for any replacements made upstream of the Home Office Pit. The total amount to be released is 308.85 acre -feet per year. See Table 4 for the projected monthly release schedule. Conditions of Approval hereby approve the proposed SWSP in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: 1. This SWSP is approved with the effective date of January 1, 2011 and shall be valid through December 31, 2013. If this SWSP will not be made absolute by a water court action by the SWSP expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee (currently $257) no later than November 15, 2013. 2. Well permit no. 75423 -F was obtained for the Home Office Pit by Lafarge to cover their use and exposed pond surface area of the gravel pit in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(2) and (11), C.R.S. This permit is held by Lafarge and currently covers evaporation from the five ponds that are the subject of this SWSP. Any activity by The City of Greeley 87CW042 City of Greeley City of Greeley 06CW258 Tri- Districts Tri- Districts Description Page 3 of 5