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<br />the many federal and state agencies,. the counties, th e cities, the
<br />towns, the irrigation districts, the mutual ditch companies, the soil
<br />conservation districts, thc conservancy districts, and the voluntary
<br />local organizations? How call all cooperate to acllieve optimum use?
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<br />To use Colorado as an example, ground water problems
<br />are dealt with in sorr.~ :nanner b~' the following agencies of the State
<br />of Colorado: The C:>lorado Department of Natural Resources and
<br />the agencies within the department, the State Engineer, the Colorado
<br />Water ConservaUon Board, the Colorado Ground Water Commission,
<br />the Colorado Geolcgical SUFvey, the Weather CC'ntrol Commission,
<br />the State Soil Conserv'ltion Board, the State Park and Recreation
<br />Board, The Game and Fish CornmiRsion, the Colorado Bureau of
<br />Mines, the Oil and Go,s Cr:nservatton Cor.lInission; the Attorney
<br />General; tile Color"-do Dep<:::'tment ()f Public Health; the Colorado
<br />State Department ()f _l\gricuiture; ami The Public Utilities Commission.
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<br />Federal 3.genc:cE; opc:ra'cing in Coloardo with some ground
<br />water duties are: De?artment of Interior,. Ground Water Branch,
<br />United States GeologiccJ. St:r,'ey, Surface Water Branch, United
<br />States Geologic:o'.l Survey,. Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wild-
<br />life Service,. and Bureau 01' S;>ort Fisheries and Wildlife; U. S.
<br />Department of Agric:.<ltU!:.c, Soil Conserv!!.tion Service, Extension
<br />Service, Forest SCi'"Ji::e, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conser-
<br />vation Comm!~.>,:~'" 1'\111"<),1 Electrification Administration; U. S.
<br />Department of Commerce; the Weather Eureau; U. S, Department
<br />of Defense,. C0I"pS ')f r.;a,;5,neers; U, So Department of Health,
<br />Education anti WelfaJ'IJ, Public Healtll Service; Inter-Agency Com-
<br />mittee on Water P.esourc\ls, and tile fi-31d committees consisting of
<br />the seven federal 'lgencic3" Defensa, Intei'ior, Agriculture, Labor,
<br />Commerce, Federal Power Commission, Health, Welfare and
<br />Education, and the go"erno~s ann th~ir i"epresantatives, in each of
<br />the following: MiG30uri Basin ;:.,ier"Agenc:' Committee, The
<br />Arkansas-Red White IlltE":-Agency Committee, and the Pacific
<br />Southwest Inter-Ag(!n.,;y Committee.
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<br />Independellt fecie::-:?l '1[Gi1cies which he.ve an interest in
<br />ground water are ';;le F?,i'm Cr3dit Adminis~ration, the Federal
<br />Power Commiss;,on 'll1cl the Fcde.cal Heserve :Soard.
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<br />If Ground water is df'clurcd tributary to the stream, then
<br />ground water use may affer:t the e.dminis'iraEon of the numerous
<br />interstate water compac'(,.,.
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