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Pilot Project are limited to those identified in the Pilot Project application and as approved by the State. The Applicants have agreed to modify the consumptive use analysis to reflect a 30-year study period that does not include years when the parcels were dried up for augmentation credits in well association Rule 14 plans. All volumetric limits will be based on the revised study periods. The Applicants have agreed to use the 1985 acreage agreed to by Colorado and Kansas. The following monthly factors will be used to calculate monthly composite consumptive use factors, which will be applied to augmentation station deliveries to determine monthly consumptive use. The monthly composite consumptive use factors will be calculated as the sum of monthly consumptive use for each farm multiplied by the fallowed shares for each farm, divided by the total number of fallowed shares. The calculation of monthly composite consumptive use factors will be performed for each month from March through November. The monthly composite consumptive use factors will be determined in a separate analysis limited to the beginning of the Winter Water Storage Program to the last year before the parcels were dried-up for augmentation credits in a Rule 14 Plan. If no parcels were dried up for augmentation credits in a Rule 14 Plan then the 30-year period identified in the Application will be utilized to determine the monthly factors for that farm. [Craig – Insert Table] The portion of available Pilot Project augmentation station headgate delivery that is not credited as consumptive use will first be allocated to irrigation season tailwater and irrigation season lagged deep percolation return flow maintenance. The remaining available Pilot Project augmentation station headgate delivery will be available for exchange to Pueblo Reservoir into the Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District’s account pursuant to its subcontract with Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, or any other storage account for which Applicants obtain all necessary approvals, for all approved uses by the City of Colorado Springs. CS-U shall dedicate reusable water from any of its available sources to replace all lagged return flows in any given year. The available Pilot Project augmentation station headgate delivery will be calculated as the farm headgate delivery minus lateral loss of 3.5% and consumptive use. Consumptive use is calculated as the available Pilot Project augmentation station headgate delivery, calculated as described above, multiplied by the composite consumptive use factor. Return flows are equal to the available Pilot Project augmentation station headgate delivery, calculated as described above, minus the consumptive use. Tailwater return flow is the