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77 <br /> 'j QOkay. After your.active duty,_what did you then do? <br /> A. IIpon discharge.from the Army, I took a position w'ith a. <br /> 3 firm,.'.Parker.and Associates, which was a small consulting..:firm'in. <br /> 4 Denver. I was chief hydrologist for that firm for.about,a year. I. <br /> 5 then went with the Division of Water Resources Office of.the State <br />. 6 Engineer in 1970 as Chief?of Planning.. I held that.position for . <br />. 7. several years and then was appointed in,.I believe, 1973, as Deputy <br /> 8 State Engineer.. My responsibilities covered all of the engineering <br />- 9 functions of the State Engineer's office except for groundwater. - <br /> 10 evaluatio.n..`That was handled by a separate deputy.. ?,. . <br /> `ll Q. ?How many years did.youu serveas Deputy State Engineer of-' <br /> 12 Colorado? . <br /> 13 A Approximately six years. . <br />? 14 . . <br />ka <br /> y. <br />4 , o <br /> 15 A In 1979, i was appointed by Governor Lamm to be State <br /> 16 Engineer.. . I?served in that capacity until 1992. . , <br /> 17 -Q ?Ana then foTlowing 1992 is when you set up your own pri-vate <br /> 18 consulting firm. Is that.correct? . .. : . <br /> 19 - A Yes. ' . <br /> 20 Q Okay. And could you describe your,in general terms, your. <br /> 21 duties as the State Engineer of Colorado?: . . <br /> 22 A Well, by statute the Statp- Engineer is the single executive. <br /> 23 branch official charged.with administration of water ri.glits throughout? <br /> 24 the state as decreed.by tYie water courts. The state engineer also <br />. 25. serves as a compact commis,sioner for the s.tate on five interstate <br />? 26 compacts.. There are other duties includirig the evaluation of <br />. : . .