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It is hereby ordered that Application for Transfer Nos. 4703,4704 and 4705 are approved subject to the following conditions: 1.
Irrigation from the well located in the SWSW, S20, T09S, R40E,B.M. (center well) is limited to 309 acres located within two circular pivots in the S1/2 of S20, T09S, R40E, B.M. and one circular pivot located in the SE1/4 of Section 19, T09S, R40E, B.M. The acreage proposed for irrigation in the SE, S19, T09S, R40E, B.M. must be reduced by 42 acres. Irrigation from the center well of land located in the SWSE, S19, T09S, R40E, B.M.
is limited to 15 acres. No land in the SESE, S19, T09S, R40E, B.M. may be irrigated with groundwater or with surface water unless authorized pursuant to a valid water right. This condition will no longer be effective, however, if conditions 14 through 18 are fully satisfied.
2.
Combined Right Nos. 13-02559 and 13-07198C shall not exceed a total combined rate of diversion of 3.76 cfs, a total combined annual diversion volume of 792 af, nor the total combined annual irrigation of 264 acres.
3.
Combined Right Nos. 13-07165, 13-07261 and 13-07198B shall not exceed a total combined rate of diversion of 5.12 cfs, a total combined annual diversion volume of 927 af, nor the total combined irrigation 309 acres.
6.
Prior to diverting water under these transferred water rights, totalizing measuring device and lockable controlling works of a type approved by this Department shall be maintained on each of the diverting works in a manner that will provide the watermaster suitable control of the diversion.
7.
Surface water shall not be commingled with groundwater unless the groundwater and surface water diversions are measured separately as approved by the Department.
8.
These rights when combined with all other rights shall provide no more than 0.02 cfs per acre and not more than 3.0 af per acre for the lands above.
11. Approval of this transfer does not authorize use of canal water on the circular system located in the NW1/4 of S29, T09S, R40E, B.M. or on any other lands that are the subject of these transfers.
12. The rate of flow diverted from the well located in the SWSW, S20, T09S, R40E, B.M. shall not exceed 5.12 cfs.
13. None of these transfers shall be implemented midway through an irrigation season if implementation results in the irrigation of a combined total acreage during the irrigation season in excess of the irrigated acreage authorized pursuant to the transferred water rights.
It is further ordered that, as an alternative, 351 acres described by the applications for transfer in the S1/2 of S20, and the SE1/4 of S19, T09S, R40E, B.M. may be irrigated by the well located in the SWSW, S20, T09S, R40E, B.M. only after satisfaction of the following conditions within one year of final approval of these transfers: 14. A well interference test is conducted for the well located in the SWSW, S20, T09S, R40E, B.M., and for the well located in the SENW, S29, T09S, R40E, B |