WSP03940

• File Number: 8210.470
• Description: Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 4/7/1981
• Author: PSIAC
• Title: Minutes of the 81-1 Meeting - April 7-8 1981
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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D8p~rtment as a part of the management plan and I will get to that

in a moment.

The other two rights are for non-irrigation. The Type 1 right

is based upon having purchased ~nd retired agricultural land~ and

is limited to three acre-feet par acre. Tha othar ana, Type 2, is

an industrial or municipal right based on historical usa during the

maximum year of the five preceding years.

Now the grandfathered rights may be sold or conveyed to new

users. A farmer may sell the right to use his full irrigation

grandfathered right, whatever the duty of that happens to be at

that point, times the number of acres. He can sell that whole right

to another farmer for irrigation use, but if he sells it to a sub-

divider or an industry, he can sell a maximum of three acre-feet

per acre. In general, the cities and irrigation districts may pump

as much groundwater as needed to meet the needs within their

service areas, subject .to the conservation requirements and the

duties that are established by the Director as a part of the manage-

ment plan. Anyone wanting to use water - to pump additional water

in an active management area for purposes other than irrigation -

must file for a new permit with the Department and there are specific

conditions set forth in the law under which the Director can grant a

new permit for mine dewatering, mineral extraction, metallurgical

processing, general industrial, poor quality water withdrawal and

drainage, and then some temporary permits for electrical generation

and for dewatering during construction.

The Director, and this is probably going to be the toughest

part of this bill for the Department to perform, is required to

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