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<br />(.? <br />- 00 <br />{"- <br /><.:J <br />.-' <br />-- <br />o <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Thus, utilization of lateral ditch corporaticns as a Proposed <br /> <br />Organization will depend largely on the policy adopted by the <br /> <br />Secretary as to the number of entities with which contracts should <br /> <br />be made. <br /> <br />6. An Internal Improvement District. <br /> <br />Section 37-44-101, C.R.S. provides for the creation of <br /> <br />internal improvement districts. The evident purpose of the <br /> <br />General Assembly in authorizing such Districts wa.s to supply <br /> <br />storage water for irrigation of lands, to prevent. floods, to <br /> <br />regulate streams, channels and to protect public and private <br /> <br />property from inundation. Section 37-44-102(2), C.R.S. In our <br /> <br />judgment such purposes are not broad enough to encompass the <br /> <br />purposes of the "formal organizations" referred teo in Section 1592 <br /> <br />(b)(3) of the Salinity Control Act. <br /> <br />7. A Water District Under the Special District Law. <br /> <br />A "Water District" can be formed under the Special District <br /> <br />Act (Section 32-1-101 et seq., C.R.S.) to supply water for <br /> <br />"domestic and other public and private purposes by any available <br /> <br />means and [to provide] all necessary reservoirs, treatment works <br /> <br />and facilities." Section 32-1-103(25), C.R.S. A Water District <br /> <br />has the power to fix rates, fees, tolls or charges for the <br /> <br />furnishing of such water. Section 32-l-l006(b) (I), C.R.S. <br /> <br />A reading of the sections of the Special Dis.trict Act <br /> <br />pertinent to water districts shows that the principal intent of <br /> <br />the Act was that water districts be formed to su:oply domestic and <br /> <br />-24- <br />