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~~ Ill Illllllllllll 111 ~ ~' <br />August 22, 2000 <br />Henderson Water~5ki Club LLC <br />10880 East 124 Avenue <br />Brighton, Colorado 80601 <br />Mr. Tom Schreiner <br />Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver. Colorado 802:03 <br />Dear Mr. Schreiner: <br />RECEIVED <br />AUG 18 1000 <br />Division of Ilfinerals and Geology <br />I am writing you today on behalf of the members of the Henderson Water Ski <br />Club, LLC. Our club owns a parcel of ground very near the old town of <br />Henderson, Colorado. There is a gravel pit lake on the property that is used <br />primarily for water-skiing, boating and fishing and is approximately 24 acres in <br />size. <br />About a year ago, we noticed that the water level in our lake began to drop even <br />though it was a very wet summer. By September the level had dropped over <br />three feet, rendering about 1!3 of our lake dry or too shallow for skiing and <br />boating. Many of the boatlifts that had been in place for years became unusable <br />due to the low surface water table. We hoped that the condition was just <br />temporary, as many of the other lakes in Adams County were not affected. <br />The lake reached an all time low level during the winter. Again, we hoped that <br />the spring runoff would return the lake to the normal level and we would regain <br />full use 9f the facility. To our dismay, the water levels in our lake continued to <br />drop. When the Fulton Ditch became usable, we exercised our water rights and <br />over a month's time were able to refill our lake to its original water level. <br />Unfortunately, as the demand for water from the Fulton Ditch increased, we were <br />held to augmenting only 3 to 4 days per week. <br />The state mandated augmentation program now seems absurd. Surely, farmers <br />could use this good water for irrigation purposes. As it stands now, we are using <br />the water to artificially hold the surface water near it's historic level. And yet, <br />without augmentation, our 25-acre lake will drop approximately one to two inches <br />a day until it reaches ttre new static low. <br />It is Gear to us that there is a new and negative influence on our surface water <br />levels. As near as we can tell, the new surface water table in the Henderson <br />area is 3 to 4 feet lower than in the past. Not only has this new level taken away <br />