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Ms.Megan Gutwein August 16,2019 Page 2 of 25 the remaining consumptive use water and excess deep percolation water to intervening structures in the event direct exchange to Pueblo Reservoir is not possible. The water exchanged in a step exchange may be stored until such time as exchange potential to Pueblo Reservoir is available. Consumptive use water will be exchanged per the exchanges decreed in Case No. 10CW04 decreed in Division 2 Water Court or administrative exchange, and deep percolation will be exchanged per administrative approval. Colorado Springs may use up to approximately 1,815 acre-feet of water each year for up to three years during the 10-year term of the Pilot Project to provide water to replenish water supplies during or after a drought. Up to 1,000 acre-feet of the total will be consumptive use water, and the remainder will be deep percolation return flow water. Per the attached Letter Agreement concerning the Replacement of Return Flows for the CS-U/Super Ditch Pilot Project("Letter Agreement")dated August 16, 2019,Colorado Springs will replace lagged deep percolation return flow obligations with the deep percolation return flow water exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir or other fully consumable water available in Pueblo Reservoir, at the confluence of Fountain Creek and the Arkansas River, or from Lake Meredith, as described in Section ILE (page 12) of this application. This report satisfies Section II.G, Information to be Included in a Pilot Project Application of the Criteria and Guidelines for Fallowing-Leasing Pilot Projects (Criteria and Guidelines). This report includes information on 1,857.8 shares used on the participating farms, 635 shares (Subject Shares)of which will be used for the proposed operation of the Pilot Project.Version 7 of the Lease- Fallowing Tool (LFT), provided by the Division of Water Resources was used to complete the historical use analysis of the subject farms. The Catlin Canal diverts from the Arkansas River approximately 44 miles, as the crow flies, downstream of Pueblo Reservoir, or nearly 61 miles as a stream distance. The canal is approximately 35 miles long, divertingfrom the Arkansas River 4.1 miles east of the Town of Fowler and terminating on Crooked Arroyo about 5.4 miles west-southwest of the City of La Junta. The following table describes the water rights owned by the Catlin Canal Company, all of which are decreed for irrigation use. Table 1 Catlin Canal Company Water Rights Water Right Priority No. Appropriation Date Adjudication Date Amount(c.f.s.) Catlin Canal 2 04/10/1875 04/08/1905 22.0 Catlin Canal 5 12/03/1884 04/08/1905 226.0 Catlin Canal 7 11/14/1887 04/08/1905 97.0 Additionally,the Catlin Canal diverts water attributable to the Winter Water Program decreed in Case No. 84CW179. It also diverts Frying Pan-Arkansas Project water (Fry-Ark Project Water), but the Fry- Ark Project water is not included in the Pilot Project. The Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project utilizes direct flow and stored water native to the Arkansas River Basin and derived from shares in the Catlin Canal Company. As such, proposed operation of the Pilot Project during its ten-year term will not involve any transfer or facilitation of transfer of water across the Continental Divide by direct diversion, exchange, or otherwise, nor Martin and Wood Water Consultants,Inc.