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lt•, ,l Fik lflro,
<br />:hed aid, n1 nloillW1,ulL' the (Ahluriltc Ic\ el, iu (lie tre;ued \ a(cr enterult'a (he mule, : pot:-thlc ,rater
<br />dIStrthutw11 ,\ ICI]I.
<br />Demand for \ \ater it the mine Is expecled to Increase In the illture. With the estimated
<br />ma\ilmull X3.2 million tons (plus) per year prOductiun ai We,( Elk Mine. NICC ctlmervativel\
<br />e,timate,; Ilia( ,Is much a,, ,00 acre feet per year but a likely maximum of 150 acre beet per
<br />\ear (based on 250 work days) of fretih water will he rcyuued. Prior to installation of the
<br />lon, all, allllual coal Production wa< 000,000 tuns per \,car At this rate. water need, were
<br />ahou[ 65 acre -tee( Per \ear. Tile A1A11ual 11%drolo2\ Rcports ,uhmitted 10) the CDRNIS each
<br />rear contain �pccltic data oil the :m1itunt ()f \\:ucr cllnsunled - ulnuall\ at the Tome since 198_1
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<br />«', ter used at \Ves(Elk- Mine cone, from adjudicated \\ ater ri4ht� owned h� NICC. Table -)3
<br />ullunariLes 11C'C' s rirllrs. The ritTht,s are used :[cct,rdinL, to Cnloradt, Water La \\; administered
<br />by the Dimrict No 4 Water Ctlmnwsloner. ICC alai hay 3\allahle (lair u,e or _wtrn lei (alRIII)
<br />hull- triburir\ t \tiler light, '111!1 \ \;th'r ri«ht, (n(it htmn In Table 3)) for ({lc t,%ater
<br />1'enerated frolli the Inlnk: and "tared in 11utnhS maintained \\ Ithin the underi-,round n11ne.
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<br />Summary of Mountain Coal Company's Water Rights for the West Elk Mine
<br />Source of W_a_ta_r
<br />Water Rights
<br />Mt. Gunnison Pipelnu-
<br />1 15.00 cubic feet per second
<br />__Tony Bear Pipeline
<br />0.9 cubic feet per second
<br />Chipmunk Ditch
<br />1.0 cubic feet per second
<br />Walter Gallob Ditch
<br />0.75 cubic feet per second
<br />Sedimentation Ponds
<br />-- - — -
<br />MB -3
<br />0.23 acre -feet
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<br />MB -5E
<br />i '19 59-acre-feet'
<br />Freshwater Ponds:
<br />FW -1
<br />— 9.93 acre -feet — - - - -
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<br />FW -2 -
<br />13.66 acre -feet`
<br />Mt. Gunnison Tunnel
<br />1 0.49 feet_per second
<br />t!nt,s 1 The DWR app,o � d ,.n ,pph; mnn filed m
<br />0809 'rr iumbme the .nlp,dirated .eater sto—w '11110. M it n,ur ponds ME 1 'Ind '.18 -2 min or v
<br />pond m8_5E
<br />2 This 13 66 acre -feet includes 3 68 ar,rc feet
<br />from the former rAB -1 storage right m rhia pond locanon and 9 98 acre feet trom the onginal FW 2
<br />cnndmonal storage right being perfected
<br />in the application above
<br />The \ \ater dictr1hution ,stem at West Elk Nline contains ,eNeral major components. The\
<br />include the raw water Intake gaper,. and pump,. HDPE, cast 011 steel utility piping, fre,lmater
<br />,t111,111e POIld" FW -1 and l'`V -2 t(,ornlerl\ lednnent ptlnd \113 -11. I MI)IC \\a1l21_ tlzaullent Plains
<br />nllnc \\at i Punlps. a 1 .'_ million ruallon mine water ,toraue tank. hesllw,uel pump". '1 1T; 0(0
<br />`allntl Pt�lahle \\a[cl' far ►� . all(1 111'e Upp ►'c,sl!lll \ ;lulls l Iti h\ \ale!' Pulld hNV ier\e" a 1
<br /><ecolldarN '101" ge Pond than provides additional ra\\ water _)wra2e \ nlunle that can he pumped ill
<br />freshwater pond 1AW-1 and then into the potable water u'eatnlolit and or dI,tributloll ,\ ,telly.
<br />R_r\\ ( unU Gated) water 1, pumped unto tile- mine from h'e`h\\ titer pond 11 -NV-1 h\ Pump located in
<br />(he u;Ifer treatment plant. Water is it ed iu the mine fflr dust ,[tppre,•1011 npplym« fire
<br />'_upprrsSloii S\ steal, and tier the lonun all shields In dr mlic fluid,.
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