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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />First Regular Session <br />Sixty-fifth General Assembly <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />INTRODUCED <br /> <br />HJR05-1061 <br /> <br />LLS NO. ROS-0617.0 I Thomas Morris <br /> <br />HOUSE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />Witwer, <br /> <br />SENATE SPONSORSHIP <br /> <br />(None), <br /> <br />House Committees Senate Committees <br />Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources <br /> <br />101 <br />102 <br />103 <br /> <br />I <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br /> <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br /> <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br /> <br />HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 05-1061 <br />CONCERNING THE LIMITED YIELD AVAILABLE FROM WELLS THAT <br />WITHDRAW WATER FROM FRACTURED CRYSTALLINE ROCK <br />AQUIFERS. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, The general assembly recognizes the unique, finite <br />nature of ground water in fractured crystalline rock aquifers and further <br />recognizes that fractured crystalline rock aquifers typically contain much <br />less water than unconsolidated alluvial aquifers or other permeable <br />porous-media aquifers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Pursuant to current law, the state engineer is <br />authorized to issue well permits to withdraw tributary ground water for <br />small-yield, household-only, domestic wells that are exempt from the <br />generally-applicable requirements of the "Water Right Determination and <br />Administration Act of 1969"; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Such exempt wells can withdraw water at a rate of up <br />to 15 gallons per minute or up to 50 gallons per minute if the well was in <br />production as of May 22, 1971, regardless of whether the well will pump <br />from an unconsolidated alluvial aquifer, other permeable porous-media <br /> <br />$iWd!ilgil.!m;i,*,fIQviili~<!fu~~I; Double underlining denotes SENA IE amendment. <br />Capital letters indicate new material to be added to exi,fling statute. <br />Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. <br />