GENERAL43818

• Permit No: M1978327
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/6/1992
• Doc Name: KAUFFMAN PIT MLRD M78327 SUBSTITUTE WATER SUPPLY PLAN NE 1/4 & SE 1/4 SECTION 20
• From: DWR
• To: JAKE KAUFFMAN AND SON INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1373 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]
FAX [phone]
April 6, 1992
Jake Kauffman and Son, Inc.
808 South County Road 9E
Loveland, CO 80537
HAROLD (HAL) D. SIMPSON
Acting State Engineer
Re: Kauffman Pit, MLRD M78327 Substitute Water Supply Plan
NE 1/4 8 SE 1/4 Section 20, NW 1/4 & SW 1/4 Section 21, T5N, R68W, 6TH PM
Water Division 1, Water District 4
Dear Mr. Kauffman:
This letter is in response to your application for a substitute water supply plan for the
Kauffman Pit in accordance with Section 37-80-120, C.R.S. (1991 Supp.). The required fee of $350
for the substitute water supply plan and $60 for the well permit application has been submitted.
The anticipated net depletion for this plan is 27.27 acre-feet per year for the 24.3 acres of
lake surface exposed after December 31, 1980. According to information submitted, a portion of
the lake surface was exposed prior to January 1, 1981. The proposed plan does not provide for
replacement of the depletions from this area. There is presently a challenge to the statute whether
or not replacement is required for these depletions. Until this issue is resolved, I am willing to
accept replacement for the areas exposed subsequent to January 1,1981. There is a chance that
the resolution of this issue will eventually require replacement for all the exposed area.
You have provided a monthly breakdown of the annual depletion including 34.29 acre-feet
due to evaporative losses, 16.11 acre-feet credit for historic consumptive use, 5.14 acre-feet of
water in the product, 2.50 acre-feet used for dust control, 0.7 acre-feet used for material washing
and 0.75 acre-feet for stream carriage losses over 7 miles.
The proposed source of replacement is 35 acre-feet of water leased from the City of
Loveland in an agreement signed February 6, 1992. The source of the water provided by the City
of Loveland is transbasin Windy Gap water.
You have provided a monthly distribution for required water replacement. This plan's total
monthly replacement requirements in acre-feet are: