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<br />Not Nontributary and
<br />Nontributary Denver
<br />Basin Ground\'_atcr
<br />D~nn:r Ih~1n ~roundwJtcr rd<,~ LO
<br />deep groundwJln wahln Lhe [)JwS(m
<br />Denn:r. :\rJpJh,'It: .llld Llfamk'-F"x Hills
<br />.u~Ulfers There ..Ire lw~' lypes uf DeO\w
<br />Ba~1n ~rllUnd\\.ller. ne'l n"nlnhUI;If) .md
<br />nL1nlnbul.If)' BULh ..Ire ..Ilkl,:Jt,'d l,l ,wcrl}
<br />mg LmJU\\-nl'h ILk.. n,mlnhULaf)' watn
<br />at J rat... uf I ~rl't.nt p.:r YCJr J:-~ummg a
<br />IOO-year ht" "f lhl' .14u1ler
<br />Ilow,'\Tr, pumpmg tlf c.\th.:r reSl1un:l'
<br />rl'4uire~ Sl.lml' of lhl' w.llc'r t" be pUt
<br />b.1Ck 1010 Ih~ surlatl' SITl'am. beClUSC Lhl'
<br />Gl'ncr.ll Assemhly presumes by SlaHlIl'
<br />Ih.1t there ml~hl he ,,-<'IlIl' hydr;mlK .:on-
<br />n,.t:I1,m I-x-twl'rn th,'st, J41.11krs .md the
<br />~oU\h PI;ltle BaSin
<br />
<br />Groundwater U~e Rights
<br />AU':t,rJmg \<1 lh... 1405 lir,lund WJta
<br />\!Jnagem"nt Atl. l'WT\' nc\. well In lhl'
<br />stale e,f C"I,'I,ld,' Lhat dl\Trb lnbulJry
<br />nOll1nhu!.IT}, 1l...llh'r HJ;.m gTl'Ulldw.lln,
<br />~lr gC\llham.11 rl'<"IUre't'S lllUSt h,l'-" .1
<br />p"rmil (;rLlumlw;lIn u~ nghb depend
<br />,m the s,'ur..:l' ,-I thl' ~H'unJw.ll,'r .md th,'
<br />Iype "l hendlel.llust,
<br />In llrder k' "hl.lln ':1 pemllt t,l dnll a
<br />well. ,lilt' mUSl lik .m .lpph(all'lJl wuh th"
<br />L,'!.'rad" DI\'IS1\)n ,1! \\-.:lIef Res'JurU'~_ .lls.._
<br />kn,'wTl .b Ihl' "1.11,' En~ml'eb ,,1flil'l' T,l
<br />"hl,nn ;1 w;II,'r n!!oht .1ci:rcc Illr Inbut.lry
<br />gWllndw~lIl'r, ,111e nm:-t hle .1 well p.:rnlll
<br />.'pplll'.llll'n ,md ~ubmll "ther r~'qulrl'd
<br />d,xumen!Jl1llO t" the re~I"n;11 \t.llt'T ,','un
<br />"'hen well !,,'mm apphcall'llls .Ih'
<br />5ubmllled_ dl\bli'n "tJif d,.t.-nmn" th,'
<br />amounl ~l[ ,~fl'tlllJw.l!er .l\".ulahk th"
<br />potc:nual 1,'r ~r,'untht.llt'r ll".' to In)ur,,
<br />"tha eXl,,!!n!? WJLtT n~hts, Jnd lllh,' wllh-
<br />dr;lwal \l'Ill nl'[ be unr<,.l".,n;lblv w.t"tdul
<br />The ";131" Enpncer .11"" has ;lUth,'nt\, III
<br />.ldt'PI ,md Jnwnd lnbuury n,lntnhuuT\-_
<br />.md Den\"er B,1S\n gwundwatCT re~ulallLln;.
<br />that Jre subled III (,lUn rc\"1l'\~
<br />The de51!?n;ued ~n.lundwJLl'r pt.'mll!
<br />
<br />system WJ;. llc'-'l~n,'d \<' pwteCI .md maLn-
<br />1.lm re.ISl'n.lhll' gTllundw,ul'T pllmpm~ 1,,\,
<br />c1~ The DI\'I'-'ILln t,! \\'.:un Rt'5t'ur..."S assIsts
<br />Ih,' L"lorado l.wund \\'Jln Lt,mmlSS1\ln
<br />In n:nnl'lng Jeslgn.llcd gml.lndWal~'r pn-
<br />mil apph..-atmm
<br />Dc'-'Ign.l!ed ~wund\\.Ill'f IS .lll,x\lted
<br />and .1dmmhteTt.d 1n.1 (\lprdm.:lled mannCT
<br />b~ Lht' "t.lt~. [n~ml"'(s ,,1fTl(e (tll,lr.H1,l
<br />Gwund \\'31,'T C,'mmlSSl\'n, alld l~l(al
<br />(;wund \\';Iler \l.mJ~l'llIl'nt DlstntH
<br />:\unlTlhutary ~fllundwJler ;md
<br />Denn'r Basm ~wundwJtl'T IS 311,xatl'd
<br />to the "\'l'rlYIll~ bnd"wnCf and (an bl'
<br />wllhdrawn .Il ;1 raLe t11 I peri:cnt ..I war,
<br />has"d I'n .10 as.;;umed l(ltl-year supply
<br />Thl' (;mun.1 \\',lllT Ll1ml1ll5S\,m I~'-'Ul':-
<br />pl'TffiLh 1M Ih" d'::SlgnaLl'l1 p,'rll'1l1" oi Ihe
<br />Den\'I'r Fla",lIl rh,' rq~ll'n;ll water (,'un
<br />
<br />Deep Groundwater
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<br />Denver Basin Aquifer System
<br />
<br />Waler In the four Denver Basin bedrock aqUIfers is alhx<lled to ovt'rlpng
<br />landowners al a Mthdrawal r.ue of one perccnt per ~'ear unlil exhausted
<br />The Colorado Geolllglcal SUT\'e)' eslimates that up to 291 million acre-feel
<br />of water lies in the 6,700 square-mile Denver Basm, although less lhan one.
<br />thm! or ,halma>' be economically Teem'erab]e, New communttles. h"meowners.
<br />and luher landoymers 111 lhe soulhern Denvcr mClropolitan area have begun to
<br />depend nt'3\ily on thiS fmllc resource.
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<br />I""U,'~ dC(fe,'~ l,lT Lh,' n,'n-desl~n.ll...d
<br />Iwni,'n:- "f thl' l'cn\"cr Fla~lll
<br />Currl'n\ st.llute~ .111,1\\ ruhhl' ,'nll-
<br />\ll'<' su(h.1S ...\tltS .lnd \\.l\er dISln(:\<, W
<br />...hum and ll:'< {lel1wr 8.blO ~r'lUndwalt'r
<br />ullJerlpng thl' 1an.1<.t'I,'thcr~ It till' l.ntay
<br />makes waler xT\ln' .!\"c1,l.lhk W Ihl' l.md-
<br />'''tnl'ro.:., .md If thl' l;md"\\Tler~ h;\\",' n~'1
<br />.Ilr<,.\,ly (1.umed th..: ~rllunJwater T1~hI5 h\'
<br />obL.llmn,': .1 (llllTl d,'Ul'l' ,'T ;1 well permit
<br />twm Inl' :'l,ue I::nr:mel'r
<br />1 ht' Pt.'m','r B;I,-,m ~t.tIUll'~ .m.1 ruk~
<br />..Ir,' In rLKf bl......lU<,(' lhe L.eneral .-\",-",mbly
<br />n'l:l'gm=,'d lh.lI Je~'p ~fllund.\\;llcr I~ l,l
<br />o:rl'.il e("I1l'mli: Illlpt.'n.m(" ll' t'\Trlym.i:
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<br />l.mdl1wner" and wlnGtl publi, \\.i!ef sur-
<br />I'lter~_ ,mJ lhndllr<, <,h,'LLld hl' ;t\';l\labk
<br />tl1r pre'-"l'nt .md fUlure lIS<.', w the cxtent
<br />II eXISb
<br />(~",'therm.ll ft'",'urt"S Jre Jdmm-
<br />hll'fed .lOd nlan;It:,'d .Kn'rdm~ h' th,'
<br />-(,,"'lh,'rnul \\-...1] RulL-..
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