Hydrohistorian
← My Water · Print / save as PDF
METRO RECYCLING PLANT PUMPS
Structure dossier · WDID 0200712 · PUMP · SOUTH PLATTE RIVER · DWR record
Where this page's figures come from
Generated 2026-08-27 22:03 by Hydrohistorian. Sources: DWR HydroBase snapshot HydroBase_CO_20260707 (history) + CDSS REST (current), USGS NWIS cross-checks. Engine v0.5.0 (0576005) — every figure regenerates from this named code version and data image.
Where it sits
Location as DWR records it. Faint dots are the neighbouring water; click any to open it.
Current administration
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER LATHAM DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1877-11-14).
● Junior rights called out — call at WESTERN MUTUAL DITCH (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1871-08-09).
● Junior rights called out — call at HARMONY DITCH 1 (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-05-02).
● Junior rights called out — call at SOUTH PLATTE RIVER COMPACT (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1897-06-13).
● Junior rights called out — call at LOWER PLATTE BEAVER D (SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, priority 1888-04-14).
Which of its rights are out of priority?
Not computable for this structure: this structure is not on the modelled flow network, so no reference gage can honestly stand in for it.
Where it sits in line
Priority 1863-03-15 — 103rd most senior of the 21881 structures with decreed rights in this water districtDWR's administrative subdivision of a river basin; the unit calls are usually stated in..
Under prior appropriationColorado's rule for sharing water: first in time, first in right. Age decides, not proximity or need., everything ahead of it in this line is satisfied in full before it receives any water. Immediately ahead: 0801124 (1862-12-01). Immediately behind: FULTON DITCH (1863-03-15).
Decreed rights (6)
| Admin noDWR's numeric encoding of a water right's seniority. Smaller is more senior; the integer part counts days from 1849-12-31 to the date that ranks the right. | AppropriatedWhen water was first put to beneficial use. It sets seniority unless a prior adjudication date is later. | AdjudicatedWhen the water court confirmed the right. A use decreed in 1975 was not a decreed use in 1955, however old the appropriation is. | AbsoluteA right actually put to use, as opposed to conditional -- a placeholder for a use not yet made. | ConditionalA right reserving a place in line for a use not yet made; it must be diligently pursued or it lapses. | Units | UsesWhat the court said this water may be used for -- irrigation, municipal supply, augmentation and so on. | Case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4822.0 | 1863-03-15 | 1883-04-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUNAUG | |
| 4822.0 | 1863-03-15 | 1883-04-28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUNAUG | |
| 55514.0 | 2001-12-28 | 2001-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN | |
| 55514.0 | 2001-12-28 | 2001-12-31 | 60.36 | 9.64 | C | MUN | |
| 58317.0 | 2009-08-31 | 2009-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | C | MUN | |
| 58317.0 | 2009-08-31 | 2009-12-31 | 0.0 | 0.0 | A | MUN |
Legal record & documents
15 decreed actions on record across
4 court cases:
09CW0123, 17CW3206, 01CW0287, 09CW0084.
Every case, dated
| Case | Actions | Latest adjudication | Types |
|---|---|---|---|
09CW0123 | 1 | 2009-12-31 | S |
17CW3206 | 3 | 2001-12-31 | S |
01CW0287 | 10 | 2001-12-31 | S |
09CW0084 | 1 | 1883-04-28 | O |
DWR's own records for this structure: net amounts · transactions & adjudication history · scanned decrees (search a case number there for the imaged document). On this site: the district's full legal picture →
Recorded use (last 15 years on record)
In a median year this structure has a recorded diversion of 3,153 AF. Its most recent year on record, 2026, came in at 2,889 AF — 92% of that, and 6th lowest of the 15 years with a recorded volume.
This structure records both diversions and reservoir releases — they are separate water movements and are accounted separately below.
| Year | Diverted (AFA volume: one acre covered a foot deep, about 326,000 gallons -- roughly a suburban household's outdoor use for a year.) | Compared with its own record | Released (AF) | Days recorded | Peak (cfs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2,724 | 5th lowest of 15 · 86% of median | 2,724 | 297 | 13.0 |
| 2013 | 3,046 | 7th lowest of 15 · 97% of median | 3,046 | 301 | 14.6 |
| 2014 | 2,170 | 3rd lowest of 15 · 69% of median | 2,170 | 242 | 12.4 |
| 2015 | 1,715 | 2nd lowest of 15 · 54% of median | 1,715 | 242 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | 2,228 | 4th lowest of 15 · 71% of median | 2,228 | 250 | 14.3 |
| 2017 | 4,896 | 9th lowest of 15 · 155% of median | 4,896 | 227 | 23.2 |
| 2018 | 7,411 | 12th lowest of 15 · 235% of median | 7,411 | 343 | 29.7 |
| 2019 | 5,489 | 10th lowest of 15 · 174% of median | 5,489 | 312 | 33.0 |
| 2020 | 8,550 | 15th lowest of 15 · 271% of median | 8,550 | 363 | 35.4 |
| 2021 | 8,088 | 14th lowest of 15 · 256% of median | 8,088 | 293 | 42.1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1st lowest of 15 · 0% of median | 0 | 61 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 3,153 | 8th lowest of 15 · 100% of median | 3,153 | 365 | 20.7 |
| 2024 | 5,958 | 11th lowest of 15 · 189% of median | 5,574 | 366 | 37.0 |
| 2025 | 7,916 | 13th lowest of 15 · 251% of median | — | 365 | 40.3 |
| 2026 | 2,889 | 6th lowest of 15 · 92% of median | — | 304 | 24.7 |
Trends for this structure
Recorded use shows no clear trend over its last 15 recorded years — which is itself worth knowing.
How good is our record of it?
Grade A (9/10 points) — the components below are the finding; the letter alone is not.
The rubric, component by component
| Check | State | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| identity | complete | name, type, and water source all on file |
| decreed rights | on file | 6 right(s), seniority decoded |
| diversion record | present | 4381 measured days; currency unknown (no data-coverage date to compare against) |
| record continuity | continuous | 100% of the irrigation seasons in 2011-2026 carry measured days |
| published-record stability | stable | no upstream revisions recorded against this structure |
Advisory reading aid on public data — not an administrative or legal conclusion, not a title opinion, and not a substitute for DWR administration or an engineer's analysis. Methodology review status is disclosed at hydrohistorian's basin pages.