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<br />00222'~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />- 7 - <br /> <br />cause tlle injury, or render such other Judgment as the rights of the case <br />may require. In making i t8 determination the' court is not prec1uded trOlll <br /> <br />considering the other beneUc1a.l. uses to which such waters are or may be <br /> <br />applied (Ch. 62-5-18). <br /> <br />The au and Gas Conservation CCIIIIIII1ssion is authorized, SIIIOIJ8 other <br />things, to require the drilling, casing,operation, and p~ugg1ng of wells in <br /> <br />such manner as to prevent the intrusion at water into oil or gas stratum, <br /> <br />the pollution at fresh water supplies by oil, gas or salt water or brackish <br /> <br />_tar, end re.quire mes,BI1reB to prevent. b~owout.s, expl<:>sions, ca><re-ins BDd <br /> <br />seepage (1955 Cum. Supp., Ch. 1OO-6-15(1)(c)). <br /> <br />The State plAnniTlg Commission is authorized to prOlllote the conserva- <br />tion Blld orderly developnent at the natural resources of the State (Ch. lO6-~-: <br />The State Engineer has the general contro~ over the public waters of <br /> <br />the State. He is charged with the duty at measuring the flow at the public <br /> <br />strE!BlllS at the State trOlll which water is diverted for any purpose, and to <br /> <br /> <br />compute the discharge at the same. He is further charged with the duty at <br /> <br />collecting e.lJ. necessary data Blld 1n1'onnation resa.rd1D8 the ~ocation, size, <br />cost BDd capacity at dams and reservoirs hereaf'ter to be constructed, 8lld <br /> <br />like data regarding the feasibility and economical construction of reservoirs <br /> <br />on eligible sites, at which he may obtain 1n1'omation, BDd the usef'ul purposes <br /> <br /> <br />to which the water from the same may be put. He must also collect e.lJ. data <br /> <br />8lld illi'ormation regarding the snowfall in the mountains each season, for the <br />purpose at predicting the probab~e flow at water in tb~ streams of the State, <br /> <br />and publish the same (Ch. 147-ll-3). <br /> <br />The CoJ.orado Water Conservation :Board was created for the purpose at <br /> <br />) """'" 1n tho pro"'._ "'" _ or th. wt= or ... ,ta'" (Ch. '-'8-1-. <br /> <br />~48-~-1l). <br />