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<br />54 <br /> <br />Canyon, north and west of Fort Collins. This purchase invol ves over <br />30,000 acre-feet and represents almost fi fty (50) percent of WSSC' s <br />supply. Thornton's preliminary plans for use of this purchased <br />water and for additional water inv01ving first-use rights it expects to <br />purchase, call for construction of a pipeline to transfer the water to <br />Thornton some 50 miles south. Many issues have arisen as a result of <br />this market transaction. Some of them have been settled by an agreement <br />between Thornton and Water Supply and Storage Company. Others, involv- <br />ing interests who will claim potential adverse effects to them of <br />Thornton's plans, will have to be settled by the Water Court and various <br />regulatory processes. Resolution of some of these issues may be greatly <br />facilitated by the computer-based models that are now available. <br />Thornton's basic legal right, however, to make this market transfer has <br />not been questioned. <br /> <br />4.7 River Administration <br />The State Engineer supervi ses the day-to-day distribution of the <br />surface waters of the State in accordance with statutory directives, <br />court decisions, and interstate compacts. The Hater Right Determination <br />and Administration Act of 1969 provided for the creation of seven water <br />divisions in the State with boundaries conforming to the major water- <br />sheds. Each division is headed up by a Division Engineer who is respon- <br />sible to the State Engineer. <br />Water is Withdrawn from streams under the supervision of a water <br />commissioner assigned by the Division Engineer to a definite section of <br />the stream. The duty of the commissioner is to monitor withdrawals in <br />conformity with water right priorities in the stream section. <br />