PUB00103

• Year: 1978
• Title: The Colorado Water Study Directions for the Future - Legal Studies
• CWCB Section: Interstate & Federal
• Author: Office of the Executive Director, DNR
• Description: Legal information and data on projected water uses in Colorado and alternatives for future water use and allocation
• Publications - Doc Type: Brochure

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c. The Adjudication System.
d. Tabulations and Abandonment.

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E. Conclusion.

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References.

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III. Inventory of Regulatory and Management Authority
Over Water in Colorado.

A. Introduction.
B. The Water Court.

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1. Establishment and Jurisdiction of the
Water Court.
2. Decrees for Water Rights, Changes of Water
Rights, and Plans for Augmentation.
a. Summary of Water Court Procedures.
b. Decrees for Absolute or Conditional
Water Right.
c. Decrees for Changes of Water Rights and
Plans for Augmentation.
d. Findings of Reasonable Diligence and
Decrees Making Conditional Rights Absolute.
3. Tabulation Decrees.
4. Enforcement of Administrative Orders.
5. Authority with Respect to Underground Water.
a. Designated Ground Water.
b. Tributary, Nondesignated Ground Water.
c. Nontributary, Nondesignated Ground Water.
d. Exempt Wells.

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C. The State Engineer.

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1. Administration of Water Rights.
2. Ground Water Administration.
3. Dams and Reservoirs.

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D. The Division Engineers.

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1. Administration of Water Rights.
a. Stored Waters.
b. Water Exchange.
c. Court Proceedings.
d. Ground Water.

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E. The Ground Water Commission.

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