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677 I and all matters pertaining to the administration of this Article and the protection and conservation of the ground- water resource of the designated Tentatively Critical or Critical District. It shall be the responsibility of the district advisory board to give full consideration to any and all matters pertaining to ground water within its dis- trict and to make every effort to reach satisfactory solu- tions to those matters at the district level. If satisfac- tory solutions are reached at the district level, the mat- ters need not be taken to the Water board; however, nothing herein shall prevent the district advisory board's calling attention of the Water board Or the State Engineer, or both, to any matter deemed necessary to the proper administration of this Article or the furtherance of the purpose of this Article. Section 147-18-7. From and after the "date this Article becomes effective, no new use of ground water in Colorado shall be made, nor existing use increased or ex- tended, unless the user sha 11 make an application in writ- ing to the State Engineer, fo! a "Permit to Use Ground Water", setting forth information required by section 147-18-4. Upon receipt of an application for a new, increased or additional use of ground water from a ~on-restricted area, or from a non-restricted aquifer in a restricted area, accom- panied by a filing fee of ten dollars, the State Engineer shall issue a "Permit to Use Ground Water". The permit shall set forth such conditions for drilling, casing and equip- ping wells and other diversion facilities as are reasonably necessary to prevent waste or pollution of water and injury to existing rights. The State Engineer shall endorse upon the application the date of its receipt, file and preserve such application and make a record of such receipt and the issuance of the permit in a book kept in his office fo: that purpose and so indexed as to be useful to water users ln de- termining the extent of claims made to various ground water sources. I Whenever it appears from an application or other sources of information that there is insufficient ground water available in any of the aquifers under any unrestricted area to support additional USes therefrom, the State Engineer shall request the Water board to determine if the area should be designated as a restricted district. The Water board shall notify the State Engineer as to its determination as soon as practicable and feasible. If the area is not designated as restricted, the State Engineer shall proceed to process re- quests for permits in the customary manner. Section 147-18-8. The State Engineer shall provide