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. c....) l\) --:r l"-.:J . . General Assembly acted. Water pOllution control law in this State was codified in the "Colorado Water Pollution Control Act of 1966." The basic thrust of that Act was to establish a State water pollution control commission which had authority to establish water quality standards to conform with the then existing Federal Water Pollution Control Act, including the federal Water Quality Control Act of 1965. 1966 Colo. Sess. Laws, Ch. 44, p. 205, Section 8(1). With respect to limi- tation of the Commission's regulatory powers in regard to water rights, the 1966 Act provided as follows: In administering this Act, including adoption and promulgation of standards of quality, the Commission shall not re- quire any present or future appropriator of water to divert, cease diverting, ex- change,cease exchanging, store, cease storing, or release any water, for the purpose of controlling pollution in the waters of the state. 1966 Colo. Sess. Laws, Ch. 44, p. 206, Section 8(2). In 1973 the Legislature adopted the Colorado Water Quality Control Act, C.R.S. 1973, 25-8-101 et. seq. and pro- vided an even more sweeping section regarding its intent to respect the water rights law and administration in the State: Nothing in this article shall super- sede the provisions of Articles 80 to 93 of Title 37, C.R.S. 1973. C.R.S. 1973, 25-8-506 (1). The statuto1:y sections referred to deal within the entire range of the water rights system, from appropriation of water, through storage and exchange of water, the right to convey water through natural streams and lakes, and the right to build ditches, canals and reservoirs. Thus, the Legislature replaced the 1966 language with an even more comprehensive declaration which prohibits the -4- I ,~ ,,;:1