[SUMMARY OF FINAL SUBMITTED VERSION]
SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT OF WATER DIVERSION AND USE FOR
2017
Primary Owner:
MARK JAMES DOWDLE
Statement Number:
S024363
Date Submitted:
06/30/2018
1. Water is used under |
Riparian Claim
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2. Year diversion commenced |
1930
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3. Purpose of Use
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Domestic |
2-8 persons (NO lawn or cannabis!), vegetable garden. Total area served presently less than one (1) acre of the parcel.
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Stockwatering |
Up to 10 livestock, dogs and poultry flock.
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4. Changes in Method of Diversion |
No significant changes. Water is solar-pumped from well or stream to storage tank(s). Measured flow (stopwatch & container method)of pump ranges from 1.25 to 2.0 gpm with variability due to solar availability. The use of poly storage tanks enables us to make all diversions during high flows so as not to adversely affect in-stream flows, fisheries or riparian habitat.
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Special Use Categories |
C1. Are you using any water diverted under this right for the cultivation of cannabis? |
No |
5-6. Maximum Rate of Diversion for each Month and
Amount of Water Diverted and Used
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Month |
Rate of diversion
(GPM)
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Amount directly diverted
(Acre-Feet)
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Amount diverted or
collected to storage
(Acre-Feet)
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Amount beneficially used
(Acre-Feet)
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January |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.015344 |
February |
2 |
0 |
0.061378 |
0.015344 |
March |
2 |
0 |
0.061378 |
0.015344 |
April |
2 |
0 |
0.061378 |
0.030689 |
May |
2 |
0 |
0.046033 |
0.030689 |
June |
2 |
0 |
0.015344 |
0.046033 |
July |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.046033 |
August |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.046033 |
September |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.030689 |
October |
2 |
0 |
0.061378 |
0.030689 |
November |
2 |
0 |
0.061378 |
0.015344 |
December |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.015344 |
Total |
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0 |
0.368267 |
0.337575 |
Type of Diversion |
Diversion to Storage Only |
Comments |
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Water Transfers
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6d. Water transfered
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No
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6e. Quantity transfered (Acre-Feet)
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6f. Dates which transfer occurred
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/
to
/
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6g. Transfer approved by
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Water Supply Contracts
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6h. Water supply contract
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No
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6i. Contract with
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6j. Other provider
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6k. Contract number
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6l. Source from which contract water was diverted
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6m. Point of diversion same as identified water right
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6n. Amount (Acre-Feet) authorized to divert under this contract
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6o. Amount (Acre-Feet) authorized to be diverted in
2017
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6p. Amount (Acre-Feet) projected for
2018
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6q. Exchange or settlement of prior rights
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6r. All monthly reported diversion claimed under the prior rights
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6s. Amount (Acre-Feet) of reported diversion solely under contract
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7. Water Diversion Measurement
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a. Required to measure as of the date this report is submitted |
No |
b. Is diversion measured? |
No |
c. An alternative compliance plan was submitted to the division of water rights on |
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d. A request for additional time was submitted to the division of water rights on |
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8. Conservation of Water |
a. |
Are you now employing water conservation efforts? |
Yes
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Describe any water conservation efforts you have initiated |
We have been consistently engaged in improving watershed health on this 40-acre property throughout the past decade. Much of it has been done in partnership with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS-USDA), Weaverville office. Our efforts have focused on forest health, hazardous fuels reduction, wildlife habitat improvement and oak woodlands restoration. Studies indicate these efforts cumulatively contribute to the hydrologic cycle and help ensure a protected and healthy watershed. We just completed another NRCS three-year contract in autumn 2017 that addressed all the above. We will be continuing these efforts.
We continue implementing drip irrigation; rainwater harvesting, greywater use as appropriate; and always pay very close attention to water consumption. Our water conservation efforts have not been quantified. Importantly, we have developed a water well for this parcel to help minimize or avoid reliance on diversion of surface waters. It is a very low production well. We rely on poly water storage tanks and very-low gpm solar pumping during appropriate times to reduce and avoid impacts to the riparian habitat.
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b. |
Amount of water conserved |
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I have data to support the above surface water use reductions due
to conservation efforts.
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9. Water Quality and Wastewater Reclamation |
a.
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Are you now or have you been using reclaimed water from a wastewater
treatment facility, desalination facility, or water polluted by waste to
a degree which unreasonably affects such water for other beneficial
causes?
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b. |
Amount of reduced diversion |
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Type of substitute water supply |
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Amount of substitute water supply used |
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I have data to support the above surface water use reductions due to the
use of a substitute water supply
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10. Conjuctive Use of Surface Water and Groundwater |
a. |
Are you now using groundwater in lieu of surface water?
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No
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b. |
Amount of groundwater used |
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I have data to support the above surface water use reductions due to
the use of groundwater.
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Additional Remarks |
The reminders this year (the letter in February and the postcard recently) were greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Attachments |
File Name |
Description |
Size |
No Attachments |
Contact Information of the Person Submitting the Form |
First Name |
Mark |
Last Name |
Dowdle |
Relation to Water Right |
Diverter of Record |
The information in the report
is true to the best of his/her knowledge and belief
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Yes
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