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<br />pr1or1ty adm1n1strat1on 1s often unpract1ca1. Any attempt to <br />adm1n1ster wells 1n pr1or1ty by date of perm1t or by class <br />(e.g., "pre-213"; Upost-213"; "pre-Huston"; "post-Huston", <br />etc.) would be extremely d1ff1cu1t. <br /> <br />J. The 1965 Groundwater Management Act 1s not adequate to meet all <br />of Colorado's future needs. <br /> <br />The Act has been effect1vely app11ed 1n few areas of the <br />state. In 1983 (H.B. 1399), the 1eg1s1ature proh\b1ted the <br />Act's further use 1n the Denver Bas\n. The present Groundwater <br />Comm1ss1on represents mostly agr1cultura1 1nterests. The law <br />does not d1st1ngu1sh among several aqu1fers that may under11e a <br />s1ngle bas1n. Cumbersome l1st1ng procedures are requ1red. <br /> <br />K. Pr1or1ty of adm1n1strat1on 1s a concept generally 1napp11cable <br />to nontr1butarv groundwater. <br /> <br />There are ser10us pract1cal problems 1n adm1n1ster1ng a <br />groundwater source so that r1ghts based on pr1or1ty are <br />protected. To make a pr1or1ty system work wells at vary1ng <br />d1stances from a sen\or well must be shut down at d\fferent <br />t1mes, cons1der1ng hydrolog1c character1st1cs that affect the <br />rate of subsurface flows and ant1c1pat1ng suff1c1ent1y 1n <br />advance the uses to be made of groundwater. <br /> <br />L. The 1nterests of overly1ng landowners w1th respect to <br />nontr1butary groundwater should be clar1f1ed. <br /> <br />Landowners can be vested w1th 1nterests 1n groundwater <br />under the1r land. It 1s not clear whether a landowner 15 <br />ent1tled to an exclus1ve r1ght to pump; or a quant1ty of water <br />equ\valent to that wh\ch underl\es the land~ or to prevent <br /> <br />-15- <br />