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<br />> <br /> <br />:)QH3E <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <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? <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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. <br /> <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'(,.,. <br /> <br />- 4 - <br />