BOARD00216

• Board Meeting Date: 1/12/1998
• Description: 1998 Legislative Issues - Rio Grande Compact and Confined Aquifer Protection
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH PLANS, Will EFFECT REPLACEMENT OF l.ll 9EPlETImJS,
RESUL TI~Je rROM THE USE OF SUCH CROU~J[) '.\'f.lER, TO THE AQUIFER FROM
WHICH THE eROU~lDWt.TER 15 WITHDRlm~I.~~

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BASED UPON SPECIFIC STUDY OF THE CONFINED AQUIFER SYSTEM, TIlE STATE
H~CI~~EERII! SHALL II PROMULGATEllIt.~ RULES, PURSU.\~~T
TO THE PRocmURES OF SECTlmJ 3792 SQ1 (2), AND, IF I.PPROPRII.U, .VAY ADOPT

A DIFFERnJT .\tETHODOLOC'r' ,-.S P,\RT OF 5LJCH RULES TO ALLO'N SUCH

Wm.,DRA'IIAlS CmJSISTENT WITH PREVENTlmJ OF INJlJRY TO THE VESTED
,..BSOlblTE 'N.\ TER RICHTS NJ D DECREW cm) DITlmlAl \'/A 1'ER RICHTS OF OTHERS.

IN THE PROMULGATION OF SUCH RULES FOR WATER DIVISION 3, THE STATE
. ENGINEERSHALL RECOGNIZE THAT UNAPPROPRIATED WATER~ NOT BE MADE
AVAILABLE' .. A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION OF
WATER CONSUMPTION BY NONJRRIGATED NATIVE VEGETATION. SUCH RULES
SHALL ALSO HJSURE THf.~ WATER RESOURCES
OF WATER DIVISION 3 SHAll NOT BE DEVELOPrD IN A MANNER THAT WILL
PREVE~lT THE V.'t.TER RESOblRCES FROM BEI~le RECHAReED OR REPLENISHED
UP,JOERAll PREDICTi\BLE CIRCUMSTANCES T.o THE EXlHlT ~lECESSARYTO PROTECT
COlORADO'S ABILITY TO MEET ITS INTERSTATE COMPACT OBLIGATIONS AND +G
PREVENT INJURY TO SENIOR APPROPRIATORS IN THE ORDER OF THEIR PRIORITIES,
AND WITH DUE REGARD FOR DAILY, SEASONAL, AND LONGER DEMANDS ON THE

WATER SUPPLY. THE STATE ENCI~ JEER A~J D THE COlORADO \'h\TER CONSER:'!A Tlm~

BOAR9 SH...bl COMME~JCE A SCOPI~le STU9Y I~l 1998. SlJCH SCOPINe STUDY

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