BOARD00695

• Board Meeting Date: 1/17/1957
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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I might briefly go over this
resolution. This resolution, if adopted
in its present form, would recommend the
further study of underground water to the
Legislature rather than any immediate
action.

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Have you gentlemen worked out any
order in which you wish to appear? Mr.
Cuykendall from Roggen."

Mr. Cuykendall of the Colorado Agricultural Plan-
ning Committee spoke first and distributed copies of a pro-
posed underground water bill to the Board members. He was
followed by Mr. Paul Lincoln, Del Norte, of the Colorado
Farm Bureau Ground Water Commission. Mr. L. V. Toyne, Execu-
tive Secretary of the Colorado Farm Bureau spoke next and
then Mr. Charles E. Sabin, attorney from La Junta,spoke on
the necessity of why some kind of underground water legis-
lation is necessary at the present time.

MR. PETERSON:

"Mr. Sabin, I would like to ask you
a question. You are familiar with this
bill which Mr. Cuykendall just passed
around and I am not, but in your opinion
do you feel that this bill gives ade-
quate protection to existing surface
water rights and that the bill: does give
the State Ehgineer the right to protect
surface water rights?"

MR. SABIN:

'7es. It gives authority to stop
or to cut out this evergrowing use of
our surface water supplies."

MR. MOSES:

"Anyone else like to make a state-
ment? Mr. Cuykendall."

Mr. Cuykendall then answered several questions
from members of the Board.

Mr. Moses called upon Mr. W. E. Code, Irrigation
Engineer with the Colorado A. and M. College for a state-
ment.

MR. CODE:

"My department, since 1928 or '29,
has been engaged in keeping track of
what is happening to the water table
in various parts of the State east of
the mountains where most of our ground-
water lies that is in jeopardy at the

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