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RICHARD D. LAMM <br />Governor <br />• of ~Q o <br />{4~r~o <br />r~ <br />S~ <br />1416 <br />• III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />W. R. SMITH <br />Acting Stets Engineer <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />t 313 Sherman Street - Rcom 818 <br />Denver, Coloratlo 80203 <br />AtlmmistraUOn (3031 839-3587 <br />Grauntl Water (303)839-3587 <br />November 20, 1979 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />r, <br />TO: CHIPS BARRY, DIRECTOR, MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />FROM: DR, JERIS A, DANIELSON, DEPUTY STATE ENGINEER <br />SUBJECT: SUPERIOR SAND & GRAVEL, ARAPAHOS COUNTY, APPLICATION <br />FOR MINING AND RECLAMATION PERMIT <br />As requested by your office, we have reviewed the application for a sand <br />quarry near Aurora. The applicant has applied for a well permit for non- <br />consumptive use of ground water for gravel washing. The Ground Water <br />Section of our office may, however, deny this application because the <br />applicant failed to submit a plan for augmentation to replace the 3.1 acre- <br />feet of water that will be consumed by this "non-consumptive" operation. <br />The applicant also intends to leave a 43-acre lake after reclamation <br />(Exhibit G). The evaporation losses from this lake which have been ignored <br />by the applicant will obviously reduce the water available to water rights <br />in the over-appropriated Sand Creek and South Platte Basins. <br />The applicant should provide evidence of a legal, dependable water supply <br />and replacement of evaporation losses prior to approval of the permit by <br />the Board, n <br />(/~ . <br />A. Danielson <br />JAD/SSH:mvf <br />cc: Jim Clark, Div. Eng. <br />