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<br />..,.: :<_:'~y:;..:{.,'h. _ '.~. <br /> <br />("f';I <br />co <br />"d" <br />...... <br />{:;) <br />o <br /> <br />i <br />i <br />, ' <br /> <br />A-2 <br /> <br />the Rio Grande Compact constitutes the most senior water commitment in the <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin. As a result, all water rights, whether deriving from surfacE " <br /> <br />water or underground water, may be regulated at those times and to the extent <br /> <br />necessary to deliver the amount of water required pursuant to the terms of <br /> <br />that compact. <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />Any diversion of water from an aquifer hydraulically connected to <br /> <br /> <br />surface streams shall be prohibited except at those times, and in those <br /> <br />quantities necessary for the permitted beneficial use of such water. Such <br /> <br />times shall be described as follows: for irrigation purposes, those times <br /> <br />during which direct flow diversions are allowed from the Rio Grande or <br /> <br />Conej os River or their tributaries. whichever is applicable; for stock or <br /> <br />domestic uses as exempted by Section 148-21-45, Colorado Revised Statutes <br /> <br />1963! as amenqed, only in those quantities allowed by said section, and <br /> <br />necessary for such uses; for all other purposes, including fish and wildlife <br /> <br />propagation, only at those times and in those quantities necessary for the <br /> <br />application thereof to permitted' beneficial use, and when such does not <br /> <br />constitute waste of water. Further, the divers ion of ground water from <br /> <br />aquifers hydraulicallY connected to surface streams shall be prohibited on <br /> <br />each Sunday during the periods outlined above. <br /> <br />IV <br /> <br />Any injury to senior vested rights by appropriators of underground <br /> <br />water must be reasonably lessened in order for the appropriator to corltlrn.:e <br />