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<br />002782 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />authority. Among their powers were the authority to make rules <br /> <br />and regulations which might: <br /> <br />"(a) Fix the time of delivery of water, <br /> <br />" (b) Authorize or require the rotation of water, <br /> <br />"(c) Establish standards for determination of evaporation <br />and transportation losses, <br /> <br />"(d) permit the use of underground storage of surface water, <br /> <br />"(e) Determine tolerance permissible in hydrostatic head <br />of wells by virtue of demands on the supply, <br /> <br />"(f) Regulate the number of wells on any aquifer, <br /> <br />"(13) Fix the extent of any area within a division to be <br />affected by a regulation or rule, <br /> <br />II (h) Rl!lgulate the location of replacement headgates and <br />wells, <br /> <br />II (i) Approve voluntary practices, <br /> <br />"(j) permit or require the exchange of water." <br /> <br />All of these matters would, of course, be subject to review <br /> <br />by the courts, and the board orders would be subject, as would <br /> <br />the division engineers' and state Engineers' rulings, to the fol- <br /> <br />lowing principles: <br /> <br />1. All waters, including underground, are subject to <br />appropriation. <br /> <br />2. Priority of appropriation shall give the better right. <br /> <br />3. Any means of diversion, storage or transportation may <br />be used, so long as it is subject to administration. <br /> <br />4. Developed or imported waters may be used and reused so <br />long as they can be identified or administered. <br /> <br />8 <br />