LEG00255

• Bill Number: SB96-074
• Year: 1996
• Title: Concerning Augmentation Requirements for Water Well Pumping in the Denver Basin Aquifers
• Legislation - Doc Type: Other CWCB Related Bills - Passed

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THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT EACH PHASE OF THE STUDY BE SUBJECTED TO
PEER REVIEW AND WRITTEN COMMENTS BY QUALIFIED HYDROLOGISTS,
GEOLOGISTS, AND ENGINEERS WITH SUCH COMMENTS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE PUBLIC. THE STUDY SHALL COMMENCE NO
LATER THAN AUGUST 1, 1996, AND SHALL COORDINATE AND USE DATA
COLLECTIONS FROM PREVIOUS AND EXISTING STUDIES. THE STATE
ENGINEER AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD
SHALL CONSULT WITH AFFECTED INTERESTS AND CONSIDER EXISTING
INFORMATION IN PREPARING THE REPORT.

(4) THE STATE ENGINEER AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE COLORADO
WATER CONSERVATION BOARD SHALL ADMINISTER A TECHNICAL PEER
REVIEWED STUDY AND REPORT THE RESULTS TO THE SPECIAL WATER
COMMITTEE AS CREATED IN SUBSECTION (I) OF THIS SECTION CONCERNING
THE FOLLOWING:

(a) AN INVENTORY OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES
IN THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN;

(b) THE EFFECT OF EXISTING EFFICIENCIES AND CONJUNCTIVE
MANAGEMENT OF SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ON FUTURE
SUPPLY AND ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL EXISTING WATER RIGHTS ABOVE THE
HENDERSON GAUGE;

(e) THE EFFECT OF EXISTING WATER REUSE ON FUTURE SUPPLY AND
ON EXISTING WATER RIGHTS;

(d) A REVIEW OF DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE
DENVER METRO AREA TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO PROMOTE MAXIMUM UTILIZATION
OF THE WATER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE SOUTH PLATTE BASIN ABOVE
THE HENDERSON GAUGE;

(e) THE EFFECT ON EXISTING WATER RIGHTS OF CURRENT RECHARGE
TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES IN DENVER BASIN AQUIFERS;

(f) THE IMPACT OF DE MINIMIS STANDARDS FOR INJURY BASED
UPON AN ANNUAL DEPLETION STANDARD;

(9) THE EFFECT OF THE FOUR PERCENT REPLACEMENT AND THE TWO
PERCENT RELINQUISHMENT REQUIREMENTS OF CURRENT LAW ON FUTURE WATER
SUPPLIES AND ON EXISTING WATER RIGHTS AND THE NEED FOR PLACEMENT
OF POST PUMPING DEPLETIONS RESULTING FROM WITHDRAWAL OF DENVER
BASIN GROUNDWATER;

(h) USE OF NONTRIBUTARY GROUNDWATER AND ITS LONG-TERM
IMPACT ON WATER RIGHTS; AND

(i) AN ASSESSMENT OF:

(I) THE NEED FOR AND SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION, INCLUDING
FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION, BY THE STATE OF COLORADO IN PROCESSES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL "ENDANGERED

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