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Newsletter, Colorado Stream Lines http: / /water.state.co.us /Article3.htm <br />new rules and regulations were necessary to protect their vested right. <br />At this point, the HCWUA approached the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the State <br />Engineer and asked for help in settling the dispute. Grantham agreed to act as mediator, and <br />negotiations began in late November, 1996, and continued through March, 1997. <br />"Through the efforts of all the parties, the State Engineer, the director of the CWCB and his staff, <br />a loan package was put together which provided funding that allowed the upstream well users to <br />purchase senior surface water rights and set up a replacement plan to allow the wells to <br />continue to pump, saving a vital agricultural area," Grantham said. "At the same time, this <br />allowed the rules to go into effect uncontested, satisfying the concerns of the State Engineer and <br />surface water right owners in the basin. A win /win solution was found for all of the parties <br />involved through the creative thinking process allowed for in mediation." <br />The long term loan afforded the HCWUA allows for purchase of downstream water rights for <br />approximately $620,000. Another portion of the loan will assist the well user group in covering its <br />costs and fees in the amount of $225,000. The loan package was very similar to one approved <br />for the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association last year to help them meet their <br />obligations under the Amended Arkansas River rules. <br />Next Article <br />Previous Article <br />Organization Groundwater Surface Water Dams Records Phones <br />Natural Resources I Parks I Wildlife I Water I Geology I Oil & Gas I Mining I Land I Overview <br />2 of 2 09/11/97 12:35:58 <br />