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<br />II <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />. ()tJ19.,~~ <br /> <br />The key procedural features of the 1965 Act, which are designed to <br />enable the state to allocate and manage the designated ground waters are: <br /> <br />1. A permit system for acqui ring rights to withdraw and use <br />designated ground water was reinstituted (C.R.S. 37-90-107); <br /> <br />2. The Colorado Ground Water Commission was created within the <br />Di vi si on of Water Resources to des i gnate 9roundwater basi ns <br />and determine the allocation and administration of waters <br />within the basins (C.R.S. 37-90-104); <br /> <br />3. Authority and jurisdiction over administration and distribu- <br />tion of waters and protection of vested rights was granted <br />to the State Engineer which provided flexibility in this <br />office to grant permits for small capacity wells and wells <br />in deep aquifers (C.R.S. 37-90-104 and 137); and <br /> <br />4. The formation of water management districts to continue the <br />administration and management of waters within designated <br />groundwater basins wasauthorized.5 <br /> <br />The 1965 Ground Water Management Act put "Desi gnated Ground Water" <br />under an appropri ation system not unl i ke surface water. However, ori gi nal <br />authority lies with the Ground Water Commission rather than the judiciary. <br />Also established in the law was a prior appropriation doctrine. <br /> <br />Unlike the surface water law, however, a permit, for ground water is <br />appurtenant to the 1 and and may not be transferred without the expressed <br />approval of the Ground Water Commission. <br /> <br />5 Ibid <br /> <br />9 <br />