WSP03063

• File Number: 8449.900
• Description: Bear Creek
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 1/1/1980
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Board Memos and Resolutions
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Board Memo

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'tlhJch hc.!.s the broa.c'€,!s:: .stJ.ie i;,tGrest ~1nd powers. '1:12 cO!is'2r'..:a~cy r:.is-
~rict, as established by the Coioradc LesislatLre, t3S such brca~ i::~er2~~s
and authorities as set out in 37-45-102, C.R.S.

37-45--102. Legislative ~eclal'btio~.

(1) It is he:!'2by C:e:clJ.red t.hc:.t to ~ro.iide lor tr.e '::on3(::::-..~;':":"~O~. ot
the ..va.ter resources or the 3tatE of Colc::,ado a~d f:yc trlE:
gre3test beneficial use of water ~ithin this state, the
organization of ~ater conservancy districts are a public use
and will:

(a} Be essenticlly for the ?ublic benefit and advantage of
the people or the State of Colorado;

(bl Indirectly benefit all industries or the state;

(e) Indirectly benefit the State of Colorado in the inc~ease
of its taxable property valuation;

(61 Directly benefit municipaliti~s '0] pro'!iding a:!equate
supplies or water for do~e5tic use;

(el Directly be~efi~ lands to be i~rigated from works to be
cens t!"uc.ted;

If) Directly benefit lands nc~ under irriyacion by
stabili=ing th2 flaw of water in streams and ~y
increasir.g flow and return flow of water to such st~eaffiS;

(.:J) Promote the cornran:, safety, and \v'elfare of the people of
the State of Colorado.

(2) It is therefore declared to be the policy of the State of
Colorado:

(a) To control, make use of, and apply to beneficial use all
unappropriated waters originating in this state to a
direct and supplemental use of such waters for domestic,
manufacturing, irrigation, powe~, and other beneficial
uses;

ib) To obtain from water originating in Colorado the highest
duty for domesti= uses and irrigation or lands in
Colorado within the terms of interstate compacts;

(c) To coope::-ate ...1ith the United States under the federal
reclamation la~"'s and other agencies 'of the Ur:i ted Sta".:.2S
governm02nt ioy the canstructicn and fir.anci:lg or \vCTr;'S in
ths S~ate of Cclcrado as ~~fined in this article, a~d fer
the operation and rnainte~ance thereof;

(0) To promote the greater prospe~ity and gen~~21 welrar~ 0:
th~ people of t~e St~te of Colorado ty encouraging th~