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<br /> <br />WELLS, PONDS & DITCHES <br /> <br />-To obtain a waler supply for a rural <br />residence (usually a groundwaler <br />well), you must meet strict cxcmp~ <br />tion criteria or go to a water coun. <br />Drilling, re-drilling or relocating a <br />well requires a well permil from the <br />Division of Water Resources. <br />(Processing a pennit application takes <br />less lhan 45 days.) <br /> <br />-Groundwater pumping can lessen <br />water supplies in nearby streams, <br />affecting water users downstream <br />who hold senior water righls. Slate <br />law requires many well o\\.'ncrs (0 <br />belong to an augmentation plan to <br />replace Ihis IosI waler. Contact the <br />Didsion of \Vater Resources for more <br />infomullion. <br /> <br />- Exisling irrigation dilches have <br />legal righls of way-even if Ihey <br />serve another property and are not <br />shown on a survey pIal. The "gooJ <br />neighbor" policy applies to dilch <br />maintenance: The ditch company <br />should maintain il so il won'l dam- <br />age surrounding property. And sur~ <br />rounding landowners cannot inter.. <br />fere with the owner's ability to <br />maintain a ditch. <br /> <br />- \Vhen selecting a well local ion, <br />consider your land's topography, <br />drainage and source of possible con- <br />laminants to Ihe well and aquifer. <br />In general, you must use a Colorado <br />licensed well contractor to locate <br />and drilllhe well. <br /> <br />-In most insmnces, it is illegal for <br />landowners to build a small pond <br />on a stream flowing through their <br />land or 10 divert water from Ihe <br />stream into a pond unless Ihey first <br />go through the \\.'~1tcr court to <br />obtain a water decree. <br /> <br />Belou.', wp: The Bljou Dirch, near Kerse-y. (Courres)' 1(}m Cech). lkmom: <br />San Luis Valle) pa.oirure. (Coune.!i) Natural Resource.!i COruer\'(uion Senice). <br /> <br />For more infonnation, conlact your <br />local office of the Dit'ision of Water <br />Resources. <br /> <br />aw <br /> <br />,., <br /> <br />Abot'e; Irrigation ditch and headgate <br />near Barr Lake. ea.n of Dm1't~'r. <br />(@ Wend, SlullnVBob Rovnski). <br />