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<br />" <br />, <br />! <br /> <br /> <br />i~Qi <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Determination and Administration Act. <br /> <br />'fhis Act ma:.nly provided for pumpers the rieht to gain a <br /> <br />decree to pump when they otherwise would not have been able to <br /> <br />do so. Thi:l case is presently pendinB in the Colorado State <br />112 <br />Supreme Cou;~t. <br /> <br />The land development asencies created some problems <br /> <br />because of ';he fact they would buy dry lands and sell them <br />with the pO:lsibility for the owner to drill on his land for <br />their water source. The water districts opposed this tactic <br /> <br />and have approved very few of them. This problem is also pre- <br /> <br /> <br />sently in the court system but with the economy as it presently <br /> <br />stands, with hiBh interest rates, etc., the developer is not <br />113 <br />doing well anyway. <br /> <br />The final major development in tQe Post-Congressional <br /> <br />Period was the death of Charles Boustead, 0eneral hanaeer of <br /> <br />the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, on April <br /> <br />5. 1966. Hr. Boustead was succeeded by Charles Thomson who <br />114 <br />began work on December 12, 1966. Mr. Thomson had been in- <br /> <br />1952 as Manager <br /> <br />volved Nith the Fryingpan-Arkllnsas ProJeot sinoe <br />115 <br />of the Saltda Chamber of Commerce, <br /> <br />of the Pueblo Ch~ber of <br /> <br />and also General Manager <br />116 <br />Commerce (1957) <br /> <br />and is currontly still <br /> <br />serving as General Manager for the District. <br />