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<br />Water and Irrigation <br /> <br />Ch.67 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 67 <br /> <br />WATER AND IRRIGATION <br /> <br />SENATE BILL 01-044 <br /> <br />BY SENATOR(S) Dennis, Arnold, Chlouber, Dyer (Durango), Evans, Gordon, Hagedorn, Hernandez, Phillips, Taylor, and <br />Thiebaut; <br />also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Snook, Smith, and Young. <br /> <br />AN ACT <br /> <br />CONCERNING TIlE CONTINUATION OF AN AUGMENTATION REQUIREMENT FOR NEW WITHDRAWALS OF <br />GROUNDWATER AFFECTING TIlE SAN LUIS V ALLEY CONFINED AQUIFER SYSTEM. <br /> <br />Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. 37-90-102 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: <br /> <br />37-90-102. Legislative declaration- repeal. (3) (a) The general assembly finds <br />and declares that in water division 3, established pursuant to section 37-92-201 (1) <br />(c), there exists a confined aquifer system underlying portions of the San Luis valley. <br />The hydrologic system in water division 3 and, in particular, the hydrology and <br />geology of the shallow aquifer and confined aquifer systems and their relationship to <br />surface streams in water division 3 are unique and are among the most complex in the <br />state. Unless properly augmented, new withdrawals of groundwater affecting the <br />confined aquifer system can materially injure vested water rights and increase the <br />burden of Colorado's scheduled deliveries under the Rio Grande compact. There is <br />currently insufficient comprehensive data and knowledge of the relationship between <br />the surface streams and the confined aquifer system to permit a full understanding of <br />the effect of groundwater withdrawals, affecting the confined aquifer, upon the <br />natural stream and aquifer systems in water division 3. <br /> <br />(b) This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 1,;\lllH- 2003. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. 37-90-137 (12) (b), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read: <br /> <br />37-90-137. Permits to construct wells outside designated basins - fees - <br />permit no ground water right - evidence - time limitation - well permits - <br />repeal. (12) (b) (I) Any well permit application in water division 3 that involves a <br /> <br />Capital letters indicate new material added to existing statutes; dashes through words indicate deletions <br />from existing statutes and such material not part of act. <br />