PUB00026

• Year: 1968
• Title: Water Conservation Agencies of The State of Colorado
• CWCB Section: Water Conservation & Drought Planning
• Author: CWCB
• Description: Applicable State statutes and summary information about each water conservation district in the State of Colorado
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

(7) To organize special assessment districts at different
times for the purpose of establishing effective agencies to
secure funds to construct reservoirs or other irrigation works
under various types and plans of financing, including, among
others, by issuance of revenue warrants only, by the issuance
of bonds or revenue obligations constituting a lien up to a

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(1) Sue and be sued in the name of the Colorado River water
conservation district:

(2) To acquire, operate and hold in the ftatlll!! Of tlhe dis-
trict such real and personal property as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this article, and to sell and
convey such property or its products, as provided in this
article, or when said property is no longer needed for the
purposes of said district:

(3) To make surveys and conduct investigations to deter-
mine the best manner of utilizing stream flows within the
district, the amount of such stream flow or other water sup-
ply and to locate ditches, irrigation works and reservoirs
to store or utilize water for irrigation, mining, manufactur-
ing or other purposes, and to make filings upon said water
and initiate appropriations for the use and benefit of the
ultimate appropriators, and to do and perform all acts and
things necessary or advisable to secure and insure an ade-
quate supply of water, present and future, for irrigation,
mining, manufacturing and domestic purposes within said dis-
tricts:

(4) To make contracts with respect to the relative rights
of said district under its claims and filings, and the rights
of any other person, association, or organization seeking to
divert water from any of the streams within said district:

(5) To contract with any agencies, officers, bureaus and
departments of the state of Colorado or the united States of
America, including the board of control of the state peni-
tentiary, to obtain services or labor for the initiation or
construction of irrigation works, canals, reservoirs, power
plants, or retaining ponds within said district:

(6) To enter upon any privately owned land or other real
property for the purpose of making surveys or obtaining other
information, without obtaining any order so to do, but without
causing any more damage than is necessary to crops or vegeta-
tion upon such land: