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f 852 a <br /> Water and Irrigation Ch. 2311 <br /> ) i 2- 7 <br /> ,, iI C‘e <br /> t. <br /> CHAPTER 231 <br /> I! <br /> i <br /> s <br /> WATER AND IRRIGATION <br /> HOUSE BILL 98 -1011 <br /> { ;. BY REPRESENTATIVES Entz, Miller, K. Alexander, Chavez, Gordon, Lawrence, Reeser, Romero, and Young; <br /> . also SENATORS Dennis, 1. Johnson, Bishop, Chlouber, Feeley, Hernandez, Matsunaka, Phillips, Rupert, Thiebaut, and <br /> i fi Wattenberg. ' <br /> s. <br /> 4 i $ <br /> AN ACT <br /> a I <br /> t CONCERNING THE REPLACEMENT OF DEPLETIONS FROM NEW WITHDRAWALS OF GROUNDWATER <br /> 4 " IN WATER DIVISION 3 THAT WILL AFFECT THE RATE OR DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF r` <br /> l! GROUNDWATER IN THE CONFINED AQUIFER, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AUTHORIZING <br /> ` 771E STATE ENGINEER TO PROMULGATE RULES THAT OPTIMIZE THE USE OF THE GROUNDWATER <br /> AND PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE METHODS TO PREVENT INJURY. .f <br /> I tit <br /> r' ; Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> ' + SECTION 1. 37-90-102, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE <br /> a ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read: <br /> x, <br /> ; 37 -90 -102. Legislative declaration. (3) (a) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS <br /> ` f AND DECLARES THAT IN WATER DIVISION 3, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION <br /> 37 -92 -201 (1) (c), THERE EXISTS A CONFINED AQUIFER SYSTEM UNDERLYING <br /> . ' PORTIONS OF THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE HYDROLOGIC SYSTEM IN WATER <br /> DIVISION 3 AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE HYDROLOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE' <br /> 4' SHALLOW AQUIFER AND CONFINED AQUIFER SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP <br /> ''• TO SURFACE STREAMS IN WATER DIVISION 3 ARE UNIQUE AND ARE AMONG THE <br /> MOST COMPLEX IN THE STATE. UNLESS PROPERLY AUGMENTED, NEW <br /> WITHDRAWALS OF GROUNDWATER AFFECTING THE CONFINED AQUIFER SYSTEM <br /> 3' <br /> CAN MATERIALLY INJURE VESTED WATER RIGHTS AND INCREASE THE BURDEN OF <br /> COLORADO'S SCHEDULED DELIVERIES UNDER THE RIO GRANDE COMPACT. THERE <br /> IS CURRENTLY INSUFFICIENT COMPREHENSIVE DATA AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE <br /> '' RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SURFACE STREAMS AND THE CONFINED AQUIFER <br /> 1 SYSTEM TO PERMIT A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECT OF GROUNDWATER <br /> ...1 WITHDRAWALS, AFFECTING THE CONFINED AQUIFER, UPON THE NATURAL STREAM r <br /> 3. AND AQUIFER SYSTEMS IN WATER DIVISION 3. �{ <br /> f 8 . <br /> z, ? Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate deletions <br /> from existing statutes and such material not part of act. <br /> N ' <br /> ' <br /> y _ 2 <br /> 4+rl <br />