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Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project - State Engineer's Determination <br />December 6, 2019 <br />Page 12 of 15 <br />For Plan Years that are not Fallowing Years: the report should describe that the Pilot Project <br />was not operated, but report on return flow accounting for tagged return flows and <br />replacements from any prior years of fallowing as applicable. <br />45. Parcel removal: Parcels fallowed in the Pilot Project may not be dried up for use in a different <br />pilot project, Rule 14 plan, Rule 10 plan, substitute water supply plan, interruptible water <br />supply agreement, another pilot project for the 10 years of operation of the Pilot Project. All <br />1,791.1 acres of the Participating Farms, as identified by Super Ditch in Figure 1 above, will be <br />considered to be included in the Pilot Project until such time as the land is removed from the <br />Pilot Project by Super Ditch. Super Ditch may remove land from the Pilot Project by submitting <br />a report, in the manner described in condition no. 3, identifying the land to be removed from <br />the Pilot Project to the Division Engineer on or before February 15th of each year of the <br />10-year term of the Pilot Project. The request should identify the parcels to be removed and <br />provide revised volumetric limits to be used in place of those identified in condition no. S. <br />Until such time as the parcels are first removed from the Pilot Project, this term will disqualify <br />parcels from being dried-up for augmentation credit under the 12CW94 decree until such time <br />as the parcels are first removed from the Pilot Project because under paragraph 14.33 of the <br />12CW94 decree, land that is encumbered under a lease fallowing program may not also be <br />claimed for dry -up under the 12CW94 decree. Once a parcel of land is removed from the Pilot <br />Project it will no longer be able to participate in the Pilot Project. In other words, any parcel <br />of land that is removed from the Pilot Project may not be added back in to the Pilot Project <br />during the 10-year term of the Pilot Project. Once a parcel of Land is dried-up/fallowed under <br />the Pilot Project it may not be removed from the Pilot Project during the 10-year term of the <br />Pilot Project. <br />111.B: Terms and conditions not agreed upon by parties <br />B1. Dry -land farming on fallowed fields: Whether or not Applicant must deliver to the Arkansas River <br />an amount of water equal to the difference in soil moisture before and after a parcel was dry -land <br />farmed. <br />Discussion: The practice of dry -land farming is described as a potential option for fallowed fields in the <br />Criteria and Guidelines. <br />The Applicants supplied a memo on November 27, 2019 that determined the additional depletions to <br />soil moisture that occur when (a) dry -land farming (based on winter wheat) is compared to (b) fallow <br />ground. The results show that there is a potential for the soil moisture depletion of dry -land farming <br />on the subject parcels to cause impacts. But the potential impacts from dry -land farming on soil <br />moisture depletion are highly variable and would depend on several factors including climatic <br />conditions, soil conditions prior to the dry -land farming, and if dry -land farming occurs for consecutive <br />years. <br />The Division of Water Resources has not received an analysis with enough detail about potential <br />