2016 Water Usage Report

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1 2016 Water Usage Report The South Platte NRD has completed its tenth year of allocations for the Lodgepole Creek Management Area and its eighth year of allocations for the District s tableland regions and the South Platte Valley subarea. This report details Industrial Water Usage and Municipal Water Usage. Compiled By: Travis Glanz 3/31/2017

2 Table of Contents Summary Report for Lodgepole Creek Management Area... 3 Pine Bluffs to Oliver Reservoir Subarea Oliver Reservoir to Buffalo Bend Subarea... 5 Buffalo Bend to Sidney Subarea... 6 Sidney to Colorado Subarea... 7 South Platte Valley Subarea Summary Report for Tablelands... 9 Kimball County Tablelands Cheyenne County Tablelands Deuel County Tablelands Districtwide Water Usage for 2013, 2014, 2015 and Active Industries with Baselines Active Industrial Variances Non-Baseline Industrial Certifications Municipal Baselines and 2016 Usage SPNRD Water Acquisitions and Water Banking Activities through Precipitation Summary Allocation Map for SPNRD for 2016 through

3 Lodgepole Creek Management Area Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 42" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 44.41" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median 9.16 Total Acre-Feet Pumped 31, ,546.1 Total -Inches Pumped 372, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** 2,297.2 Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 39,282.8 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 41,579.9 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 2% 60+ 1% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Other Crop % % Pasture % % Potatoes % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 3

4 Subarea: Pine Bluffs to Oliver Reservoir Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 42" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 41.85" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 3, , Total -Inches Pumped 40, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** 0.0 Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 3,878.4 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 3,878.4 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 0% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Hay % % Pasture % % Potatoes % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 4

5 Subarea: Oliver Reservoir to Buffalo Bend Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 42" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 42.45" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 12, , Total -Inches Pumped 153, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 14,704.7 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 15,312.9 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 2% 60+ 1% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Other Crop % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 5

6 Subarea: Buffalo Bend to Sidney Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 42" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 45.22" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median 5.50 Total Acre-Feet Pumped 4, , Total -Inches Pumped 58, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 8,974.2 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 9,784.9 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 2% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 6

7 Subarea: Sidney to Colorado Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 48" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 46.77" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 10, , Total -Inches Pumped 120, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 11,725.4 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 12,603.7 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 3% 60+ 1% Crop 2016 Avg Percent In Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Hay % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 7

8 South Platte Valley Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 48" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 44.15" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 10, , Total -Inches Pumped 131, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 9,656.9 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 9,949.8 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 7% 60+ 8% Crop 2016 Avg Percent In Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 8

9 SPNRD Tablelands Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 39" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 40.78" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median 8.02 Total Acre-Feet Pumped 51, , Total -Inches Pumped 618, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** 1,763.0 Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 78,749.4 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 80,512.4 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 0% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Other Crop % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 9

10 Kimball County Tablelands Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 39" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 40.61" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median 7.87 Total Acre-Feet Pumped 16, , Total -Inches Pumped 199, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 25,423.8 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 25,700.1 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 0% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Fallow % % Hay % % Other Crop % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 10

11 Cheyenne County Tablelands Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 39" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 41.33" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median 7.52 Total Acre-Feet Pumped 27, , Total -Inches Pumped 324, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 43,896.3 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 44,889.3 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 0% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Hay % % Other Crop % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 11

12 Deuel County Tablelands Analysis Period: 2016 Permitted 3-Year Allocation: 39" (for ) Average Remaining Allocation: 38.28" South Platte Natural Resources District 2016 Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 7, , Total -Inches Pumped 94, , Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 9,429.2 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 9,922.9 Scale 2016 Scale % % % % % % % % % % 20+ 0% 60+ 0% Crop 2016 Avg Percent Percent of Alfalfa % % Beans % % Corn % % Hay % % Pasture % % Small Grains % % Sugar Beets % % Sunflowers % % All Crops % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 12

13 South Platte Natural Resources District Districtwide Water Usage Analysis Period: Total Weighted Avg. Inches Pumped* High Median Total Acre-Feet Pumped 120, , , , , Total -Inches Pumped 1,447, ,147, , ,122, ,658, Total -Inches Pumped By Total Total Number of Inactive Certified Irrigated , , ,353.0 *** Total Number of Active Certified Irrigated 128, , , ,689.0 Total Number of Certified Irrigated 132, , , ,042.1 Scale % 15% 29% 21% % 25% 26% 23% % 38% 27% 30% % 17% 13% 19% % 3% 3% 6% 20+ 4% 1% 1% 2% Crop 2013 Avg Percent 2014 Avg Percent 2015 Avg Percent 2016 Avg Percent Alfalfa % % % % Beans % % % % Corn % % % % Fallow % % % % Hay % % % % Other % % % % Pasture % % % % Potatoes % % % % Small Grains % % % % Sugar Beets % % % % Sunflowers % % % % Unknown % % % % All Crops % % % % * Calculated by removing the high use tract and the tracts that did not use any water, then calculated the usage of all tracts individually and averaged those numbers. ** Crop Water Usage is based off of the number of acres per crop, which are based on field observations taken at the time flow meters are read. Crop Water Usage could be subject to change as more accurate crop-acre information becomes available. ***Inactive Certified Irrigated are acres enrolled in Temporary Deferment or incentive programs that offer incentives to discontinue irrigation use on a temporary basis. 13

14 2016 SPNRD Active Industries with Baselines Well Reg. # Legal Use Baseline Baseline Gallons Year G Sec. 5 T13N R50W Livestock 299,315, G Sec. 5 T13N R50W 2006 G Sec. 5 T13N R50W G Sec. 30 T16N R55W Sand & gravel mine 22,154, G Sec. 19 T15N R55W Oil fields 88, G Sec. 32 T14N R55W Oil fields, 2,203, G ** Sec. 6 T13N R55W roads, wind 2004 turbines G Sec. 5 T14N R52W Water well 655, drilling 2003 G Sec. 15 T13N R51W Oil fields 2,333, G Sec. 11 T14N R51W 2006 G *** Sec. 23 T15N R56W Sand & 5,650, gravel 2006 mine 2016 Gallons* 106,648, , , ,800 2,370,461 G Sec. 34 T15N R55W Golf Course 189,569, ,939,503 G A A Sec. 29 T15N R55W Oil fields 6,348, ,600 G Sec. 3 T13N R49W Sand & gravel mine 41,925, ,812 G **** Sec. 32 T14N R49W Ponds & landscape/ turf 55,000, G G Sec. 14 T13N R45W Livestock 26,952, G Sec. 4 T12N R45W Livestock 3,940, G Sec. 29 T14N R55W Hazardous 35,227, Waste 2010 Incinerator 17,451,700 2,156,900 36,451,000 G Sec. 22 T13N R45W Coop 884, ,248, G Sec. 2 T12N R42W Aerial 581, ,600 Spraying 2011 G Sec. 18 T12N R43W Golf Course 9,437, ,824,784 * 2016 Gallons are calculated from the industrial water year of August 1, 2015 through July 31, ** These wells are in the fully appropriated area of the District and are over their five year baseline; the SPNRD has worked through the Platte Basin Coalition to secure an offset by retiring irrigated acres. *** Well G received a variance to establish a partial baseline because pumping did not occur during all five baseline years. If the baseline amount of 5,650,134 gallons is exceeded, all offsets will be automatically deducted from certified irrigated tract #15N56W See 2/5 variance request in the 2010 report. **** The baseline for this well increased this year with approved transfer TR-IND-14-Cabela s-so

15 SPNRD Active Industrial Variances 2016 Well Reg. # Legal Use Baseline Gallons 2016 Gallons G Sec. 6 T15N R57W Oil Fields TBD 0 G Sec. 23 T16N R50W Coop TBD 730,900 15

16 SPNRD Non-Baseline Industrial Certifications 2016 Well Reg. # Legal Industrial Use Offset Provided By G Sec. 12 T16N R57W Oil Fields To Be Determined (TBD) G Sec. 24 T13N R56W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 34 T14N R53W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 11 T14N R53W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 22 T17N R52W Oil Fields TBD A Sec. 28 T15N R54W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 23 T13N R57W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 34 T17N R51W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 27 T14N R50W Oil Fields TBD A Sec. 11 T14N R59W Oil Fields irrigation allocation on tract 14N59W G G Sec. 19 T14N R55W Sec. 19 T14N R55W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 1 T12N R44W Sand & Gravel Mine irrigation allocation on tract 12N43W A Sec. 28 T15N R55W Sand & Gravel Mine irrigation allocation on tract 15N55W G Sec. 12 T13N R56W TBD irrigation allocation on tract 13N56W G G G Sec. 21 T14N R55W Sec. 21 T14N R55W Sec. 21 T14N R55 W Oil Fields TBD G G G Sec. 6 T12N R43W Sec. 6 T12N R43W Sec. 6 T12N R43W Sand & Gravel Mine G Sec. 5 T15N R52W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 23 T17N R52W Oil Fields TBD G Sec. 23 T17N R52W G Sec. 13 T15N R56W Sand & Gravel Mine G Sec. 2 T12N R55W Oil Fields G Sec. 2 T12N R55W G Sec. 13 T14N R51W Sand & Gravel Mine G Sec. 5 T14N R52W Interstate Construction G B Sec. 15 T12N R49W Wind turbines & Roads irrigation allocation on tract 12N43W irrigation allocation on tract 15N56W TBD Irrigation allocation on tract 14N51W Irrigation allocation on tract 14N52W Irrigation allocation on tract 12N49W

17 Municipality DNR Transfer Permit Gallons SPNRD Municipal Baselines and 2016 Usage Baseline Gallons Baseline Year Baseline Per Capita Use* gallons/ person/ day 2016 Gallons** Big Springs 164,574, ,986, ,016 49,786, Bushnell N/A 13,092, ,268, Chappell N/A 116,968, ,999, Dalton N/A 70,382, ,272, Dix N/A 72,023, ,602, Gurley N/A 46,085, ,513, Kimball N/A 243,050, ,098, Lodgepole N/A 53,443,494, ,731, Potter N/A 135,421, ,475, Sidney 1,300,000, ,042, ,012, * Based on 2000 census population numbers ** Based on August 1, 2015 through July 31, 2016 water year *** Based on the 2010 census population numbers 2016 Per Capita Use*** gallons/ person/day 17

18 Landowner SPNRD Water Acquisitions and Water Banking Activities Through 2016 Decertified Stream Depletion (%) Acre Feet Accrued Township Range Section 18 Date Retired County Subarea Appropriation Terrell Wiekhorst /6/2007 Cheyenne ORBB OA Cliff Farms Inc /17/2007 Cheyenne ORBB OA Robert & Connie Runge /27/2007 Cheyenne SIDCO OA Marleen E. Evans Et al /22/2007 Cheyenne SIDCO OA Marleen E. Evans Et al /22/2007 Cheyenne BBSID OA Fornstrom Farms LLC /1/2007 Kimball PBOR OA Dale Dedic /4/2007 Cheyenne ORBB OA Elizabeth Burback /5/2007 Kimball ORBB OA Peetz Land & Cattle Co /14/2008 Cheyenne SIDCO OA B5 Farms LLC /9/2008 Deuel SIDCO OA Paul & Frances Fornander /1/2008 Deuel SIDCO OA Harvey Jung /10/2008 Cheyenne ORBB OA Robert Kurz /23/2008 Cheyenne SIDCO OA Venture Development Group Inc /14/2009 Cheyenne BBSID OA Alan Adamson /22/2009 Kimball PBOR OA Sharon A, James C. & Donna Johnson /1/2010 Kimball ORBB OA Raymond Kuehn /1/2010 Cheyenne BBSID OA Raymond Kuehn /1/2010 Cheyenne BBSID OA Scott & Susan Lockwood /1/2010 Kimball PBOR OA Don & Janelle Frerichs /22/2011 Cheyenne SIDCO OA Barton Terman /28/2011 Cheyenne BBSID OA The Ranch at Sidney LLC /8/2014 Cheyenne SIDCO OA City of Chappell /1/2015 Deuel SIDCO OA

19 City of Sidney /12/2015 Cheyenne SIDCO OA Castronics /9/2015 Kimball ORBB OA SRMC /8/2016 Cheyenne SIDCO OA The Ranch at Sidney LLC /11/2016 Cheyenne BBSID OA JR Norberg Farms /14/2016 Cheyenne FA-K Tablelands Total Acre Feet Accrued = 763 Total Number Decertified = 2,003 Average Stream Depletion = 46% Average $/AF Accrued (Federal dollars plus SPNRD dollars): $2,301 Average $/Acre Retired (Federal dollars plus SPNRD dollars): $456 19

20 2016 Precipitation Summary (March 1 through October 31) Monthly Averages for 2016 March April May June July August September October Kimball Cheyenne Deuel County Comparison of 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 to Historical Averages 2013 Precip Ave Precip Ave Precip Ave Precip Ave. Historical Ave. Kimball Cheyenne Deuel

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