DWR_3603800

• Document Type - Guidance Documents: Protocol
• Topic: Water Administration
• Title: Division 1 - REVOKED South Platte River Administrative Protocol: Administration Protocol Dry-Up of Irrigated Land
• Document Date: 12/1/2022

REVOKED 12/1/2022
ADMINISTRATION PROTOCOL
Dry-Up of Irrigated Land
Division One—South Platte River
As required by either a decreed change of water rights or a substitute water supply plan,a source of irrigation
water may be either permanently or temporarily removed from a parcel of land in order to make the historical
consumptive use portion of that water supply available for other uses,typically augmentation. This protocol
addresses the documentation required to administer the effective"dry-up". To the extent that one or more of the
following directives are in direct contradiction with a decree of the court,the terms of the decree must be
followed.
Permanent Dry-up Covenant
1. Must be decreed by the court.
2. Must be filed with clerk and recorder's office for the county where' e . • is located.
3. Must email a GIS shapefile to [e-mail] than. ses case mber,WDID,and total
acreage permanently dried-up,along with any accompanying fetad. The :pefile must be in NAD83
datum, UTM projection,Zone 13North.
4. Must address the issue of noxious weeds as required §3 5(4.5 ),C.R.S.and/or other county or
local ordinances. (DWR is not authorized to admi iste he issu ous weeds;this statement is,
therefore,simply informational).
Temporary Dry-up Agreement
1. May be made for a term that is not le th one irrig ion season.
2. Unless otherwise stated in the approve, .W en notification, reporting land of intended dry-up,
must be submitted prior to i eac' rigation season to the division engineer,water commissioner
and Div1Accounting(�sta o.us. Alo a , the written notification,a GIS shapefile reflecting the land
of intended dry-up mus su ted. The shapefile must be emailed to [e-mail].
The shapefile shal ' •e numb ,WDID,and acreage of dry-up,along with any accompanying
metadata. Th- .pefil ust ' NAD83 datum, UTM projection,Zone 13North.
3. Unless otherwis- . .proved SWSP,a written affidavit,affirming land actually dried up, must
be submitted prior t. October 31 of each irrigation season to the division engineer,water commissioner
and DivlAccountin: s .co.us. Along with the written affidavit,a GIS shapefile, reflecting the dried up
acreage proclaimed in the affidavit, must be submitted. If the submitted affidavit indicates that the
intended and actual dry-up acreages are identical,then no GIS shapefile is required. The shapefile must
be emailed to [e-mail]. The shapefile shall include case number,WDID,and acreage
of dry-up,along with any accompanying metadata. The shapefile must be in NAD83 datum, UTM
projection,Zone 13North.
4. Once written notice has been made to the division engineer and/or water commissioner,the dry-up
requirement is irrevocable during the current irrigation season regardless of whether or not the water
associated with the historical consumptive use is actually used.
Administration Protocol—Dry-up of Irrigation Land
February 2,2012