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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />IMAGING: <br />The State Engineer-DWR is responsible for the permanent storage of official water records for the State of Colorado. These records <br />include well permit documents, diversion and reservoir records, and other official records that provide historical, technical, and legal <br />documentation of water administration decisions. <br /> <br />SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS: <br />The SBlC manages 4 million mineral acres and 3 million surface acres. Numerous land uses/leases are entered into for the <br />management of these state trust lands, such as oil and gas and other minerals, as well as agric;ulture, grazing, commercial <br />development, recreation, forest products and other uses. Most of Colorado's trust lands originated as land grants under the 1876 <br />Enabling Act from the United States to the new State of Colorado. The largest grant comprising over 80 percent of the original <br />total of 4.6 million acres, was for the support of the common public schools. Other trust land beneficiaries include state colleges <br />and universities, the state penitentiary, state parks, and public buildings. Trust lands must be managed for the trust beneficiaries. <br /> <br />In promoting responsible development of Colorado's oil and gas natural resources, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation <br />Commission must maintain timely and accurate information for its stakeholders; the oil and gas indus,try, the agriculture industry, <br />local governments and the environmental community. <br /> <br />Problem Statement: <br /> <br />IMAGING: <br />The State Engineer's office currently has approximately 250,000 well permit files, each containing an average of 12 pages of <br />information. These files are referred to in water court cases, and in applications for replacement and new well permits. The <br />documents in the files exist at no location other than in the State Engineer's Denver office. We can nf) longer efficiently store and <br />maintain the paper documents in these files. We have no backup should the documents be destroYtld or damaged. We cannot <br />efficiently electronically transmit these documents to another location in the State, where they are frequently needed by water <br />engineers, attorneys, and members of the public. <br /> <br />46 <br />