DWR_3348365

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 11/18/2005
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

November 4, 2005
MEMORANDUM

TO: Ground Water Commission Members

FROM: Suzanne M. Sellers, Designated Basins Team

SUBJECT: Upcoming Ground Water Commission Meeting

The upcoming Ground Water Commission meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2005, at Parker Water & Sanitation District, North Reclamation Facility Administration
Building, 18100 E. Woodman Drive, Parker, CO 80138. Please find enclosed herein the following:

Meeting agenda.

A map indicating the location of Parker Water & Sanitation District.

Minutes of the last Commission meeting, Agenda Item No. 3.

Staff Activity Report, Agenda Item No. 5.

Attorney General’s Report, Agenda Item No. 6.

Hearing Officer's Report.

Information on the Workshop for Colorado Ground Water Commission Members will be provided at the meeting. Please call if there are any questions about the Commission meeting.

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Upcoming Commission Meeting
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FRED A. HEFLEY, CHAIRMAN, Walsh; JON B. BROWNELL, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Hooper; EUGENE A. BAUERLE, Julesburg; ANNE J. CASTLE, Denver; DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington;
MICHAEL GROSS, Silt; RICHARD F. HUWA, Keenesburg; F. W. (BILL) KERKSIEK, Strasburg; ERNEST L. MIKITA, Calhan

EARNEST L. MIKITA, CHAIRMAN, Calhan; C. MAX SMITH, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Walsh; GRANT H. BLEDSOE, Wray; LARRY W. CLEVER, Grand Junction;
DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington; RALPH G. CURTIS, Alamosa; COREY M. HUWA, Roggen; FRANK P. JAEGER, Elizabeth; ROBERT R. LOOSE, Wiggins

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TABLE 1
DESIGNATED BASINS BRANCH
QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT
C.R.S. 37-90-

NEW
REPLACE

CHANGE
BASIN
EXEMPT
NON-EXEMPT

RECEIVED
ISSUED
N. HIGH PLAINS
KIOWA BIJOU
S. HIGH PLAINS
UPPER BLACK SQR
LOST CREEK
CAMP CREEK
UPPER BIG SANDY
TOTAL
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION ACTIVITY
APPLICATIONS
INCOMPLETE
RETURNED
DENIED

AP
NP
AU
AR
AD & AW

EXEMPT PERMITS
NON-EXEMPT PERMITS

CHANGE APPLICATIONS
UPPER CROW CREEK
AUGUST 1, 2005 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2005
105.00
107.00
111.00
111.00
45.00
28.00
16.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
6.00
2.00
54.00
150.00
4.00
30.00
22.00
3.00
3.00
1.00
5.00
6.00
5.00
2.00
7.00
2.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
36.00
20.00
3.00
29.00
14.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
12.00
14.00
1.00
0.00
5.00
2.00
1.00
3.00
0.00
8.00
3.00
2.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.00
9.00
1.00
0.00
9.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
171.00
229.00
29.00
66.00
52.00
6.00
5.00
12.00
8.00
171.00
258.00
52.00
34.00
2.00
72.00
57.00
52.00
26.00
2.00
12.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
0.00

StaffReportNov05.doc STATE OF COLORADO
GROUND WATER COMMISSION
Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources

1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director, DNR

Hal D. Simpson, P.E.
Executive Director
November 9, 2005

MEMORANDUM

TO: Hal D. Simpson, Executive Director - Ground Water Commission

FROM: Suzanne M. Sellers, Designated Basins Team

SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for August 1, 2005 through October 31, 2005
AGENDA ITEM # 5

Various activities performed during the last quarter are briefly described below.

New and Replacement Applications

Table 1 provides a breakdown, by basin, of permitting activity for the last quarter. The following permit activities were performed:

Small capacity:

171 small-capacity well applications were received
258 small-capacity well permits were issued

Large Capacity:

72 large-capacity well or Determination of Water Right applications were received
57 large-capacity well permits or Determination of Water Rights were issued

Table 2 shows the current status of new and replacement permit applications for the large-capacity wells.

Change Applications

Table 3 provides the current status of the change applications. During the last quarter the following
change application activities occurred:

12 new applications were received
8 change applications were approved

Final Permit Activities

Below is a summary of the Final Permit Activity for the last quarter and a summary of the status of the Final Permit Project as a whole. Staff is currently working on issuing permits
for the Southern High Plains as well as doing preliminary work on the Upper Big Sandy Designated Basin.

During the week of August 29th, four staff members performed field inspections, collected SBUs and met with many irrigators at the Baca County Fairground in Springfield. During this
week, staff conducted 15 field inspections and talked with the owners of approximately 149 wells. Two staff members also spent three days in Simla to meet with irrigators and municipal
interests in the Upper Big Sandy Designated Basin. During this trip, Statements of Beneficial Use were collected for 96 of the 152 high capacity well permits in the basin. Staff have
also had 23 miscellaneous contacts regarding Final Permits in the Upper Big Sandy Designated Basin.

Southern High Plains Final Permit Activity This Quarter Requests for SBUs* Permits Clarified Permits Published Final
Permits Issued
Misc. Contacts** 136 47 0 0 263
* This field tracks only the first request for a Statement of Beneficial Use (SBUs).
** This field tracks meetings with the irrigators, telephone conversations, second and third requests for SBUs and other correspondence such as corrections to a previously submitted
statement, reminders to return an amended statement or a request for a change in ownership form.

Final Permit Activity to Date Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Upper Crow Creek
101
101
100% Northern High Plains 4376
4376
100% Lost Creek 302 292 97% Camp Creek 45 44 98% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 281 198 70% Southern High Plains 1247 186 15% Kiowa-Bijou 1100 1 0% Upper Big Sandy 152 0 0% Total 7604 5198 68%

Objections/Hearings

Pending hearing cases are listed in the Hearing Officer's report. The Staff took part in pre-hearing conferences and spent time trying to resolve or otherwise work on the hearing cases
related to following applicants. The Gallegos Curtailment Request has been appealed to the Supreme Court. The Booker applications and Upper Black Squirrel Creek GWMD Rules 17, 18 &
19 have been appealed to El Paso County District Court. Also the Cherokee Metro. District (Sweetwater Stipulation) case is before the Division 2 Water Court in Pueblo.