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5 <br />days of “no call” was reduced to nearly zero. This reinforced the need <br />for Central WAS to obtain additional replacement water. Some of the <br />leased water from Fort Collins (4,000 to 5,000 acre-feet) was not <br />available due to the changing runoff situation. The city wanted to <br />wait until later in the year to see if they could still lease it to WAS. <br />The WAS plan projection was updated on May 5 to include all legally <br />available water. The increasing shortage that resulted from reduced <br />leased water and storage would be made up by pumping augmentation <br />wells by the amount of approximately 8,400 acre-feet. The out-of- <br />priority depletions in 2006 totaled approximately 16,000 acre-feet <br />with a pumping quota of 15 percent. According to the projection <br />provided by Central WAS, for 2007 and 2008, there would be no CBT <br />water available since it can not be used in a permanent plan for <br />augmentation (policy of Northern Colorado WCD). Since CBT water <br />played such a large role in the 2006-year plan, this would require that <br />the augmentation wells would have to be pumped by an even larger <br />amount in 2007 and 2008. This pumping only postpones the timing of <br />replacement water and creates a future obligation that WAS could not <br />meet with existing water rights and assets. <br /> <br />• State Engineer Simpson informed Tom Cech, manager of Central <br />WCD and WAS around 1:00 p.m. on May 5 that he could not approve <br />the plan, and suggested that if he denied the plan, Central WAS could <br />appeal it to the Water Judge to consider with the appeals of the <br />approvals of the 2003 and 2004 SWSP’s beginning on May 8. <br /> <br />• The Central WCD Board, based upon advice from their attorneys, <br />decided to withdraw the SWSP request. They stipulated with the <br />objectors to agree to not pursue approval of the 2006 SWSP if the <br />objectors agreed to withdraw their appeals of the 2003 and 2004 <br />SWSP’s. This stipulation was incorporated into an order by Judge <br />Klein issued on May 8, 2006 after a short hearing that morning. The <br />order also states that the member wells can not be pumped until the <br />Water Court approves an augmentation plan which creates a major <br />problem for Central WAS to pump in 2006 <br /> <br />• The Rocky Mt. New published an article on May 10, 2006 describing <br />the events as the State Engineer shutting down the wells. <br />