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Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project ' State Engineer's Determination December 6'2O1V Page 8of15 19,The amount of consumptive use credits and return flow obligations and the disposition of consumptive use credit and return flow replacement water shall be calculated on a daily basis. Such consumptive use credits may be exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir for use bvCS-U or to replace Pilot Project return flows as necessary, or step exchanged` to storage for such uses. Water allocated to replace deep percolation return flows and delivered through Catlin Canal augmentation stations that is in excess of the replacement requirement on a given day may be exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir to replace Pilot Project return flows as necessary, or step exchanged to storage for such uses on the day the excess return flow is delivered to the Arkansas River. Excess deep percolation return flow water exchanged to Pueblo Reservoir for this purpose shall be accounted for separately from the consumptive use water. (see also conditionB12) 20. Consumptive use credits available from Pilot Project operations may only be used for the purpose requested in the application, municipal use by Colorado Springs or to replace return flows owed due to Pilot Project operation. 21. Calculations of return flows owed to the river must be updated as needed (at least monthly), based on actual past water availability and estimated future availability. If there is an under delivery of return flow water in any month this under delivery yhniL be made up in the subsequent month. 21 Exchanges: Exchange into Pueblo Reservoir may occur only when there is at least 100cfs of outflow (inclusive of hatchery flows) from Pueblo Reservoir. Such dive oions/exchanges may not cause the outflow from Pueblo Reservoir to be less than 100cfs, In addition' exchanges will be operated as junior to the City of PuebLo's recreational in -channel diversion water right awarded in Case No. 01CVY180, and as though the right is in effect 24 hours per day. Operations of this Pilot Project shall comply with the requirements of the Arkansas River Flow Management Program (the "R0P") established pursuant to the May 2004 Regional Intergovernmental Agreement among Pueblo, the City of Aurora, Colorado, acting by and through its Utility Enterprise, Southeastern, Fountain, CS'U, and Pueblo Water (the ''|G4"), to the same extent that CS-U and Southeastern are required to comply with the RNP, which may result in additional limitations on the exchange of water into Pueblo Reservoir. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this term and condition does not require Super Ditch tncomply with any terms and conditions in the |GA that are not specifically listed in the RMP. 23. No exchange will be operated under this Pilot Project past the Avondale gauge when flows at the USGS Gauge at Avondale are, or to the extent such exchanges will cause such flows at the Avondale Gauge to be, less than 500cfs. 24.4ny exchange of water as a part of this Pilot Project must be approved in advance by the Division Engineer after a determination that there is sufficient exchange potential to accomplish the requested exchange without injury to other water rights. Applicants must request to make an exchange through the Arkansas River Dashboard. If the Dashboard is not functioning property, Applicants must request to make an exchange via an email to DNR_R0P@state.co.us. 25�Exchanges operated under the decree for Case No. 10[VY04 will comply with all terms and conditions decreed therein. Any exchange operated in connection with this Pilot Project under Administrative Approval will comply with all relevant terms and conditions for the Pilot Project. No exchanges into Pueblo Reservoir will be operated under the exchanges decreed in Case No. 85CVY96 under this Pilot Project except to the extent that CS-U has made a first use / Stored in an intermediate storage location prior to final exchange to Pueblo Reservoir during periods