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<br />6. There 1s no legal r1ght to water pressure or water level. <br /> <br />7. The appropr1at1on doctr1ne of .use 1t or lose ~tH ~s <br />declared to be 1napp11cable to nontributary groundwater. <br /> <br />8. Imp11es consent of a land owner 1n a mun1c1pa11ty to <br />appropr1at1on of nontr1butary groundwater beneath the land <br />owner's property by the mun1c1pa11ty. <br /> <br />9. Rev1ew of rules and regulat10ns adopted by state eng1neer <br />for grant1ng or den1al of perm1ts, and for adm1nlstratlon <br />of wells, 1s subject to rev1ew under C.R.S. S 37-92-501 <br />whlch prov1des for de novo conslderat1on of basis for rules <br />and regulat1ons, rather than normal aarb1trary and <br />capr1c1ous. standard for rev1ew under APA. <br /> <br />B. Rev1sed Groundwater Management Act proposal. <br /> <br />The rev\sed Groundwater Management Act proposal would <br />effect more extens1ve changes. The most recent draft of the <br />proposal 1s 1ncluded 1n Append1x C along wlth an explanatory <br />memorandum, wh\ch \5 Append1x O. The. proposal would grant the <br />Groundwater Comm15slon polley author1ty and the state Englneer <br />admln1stratlve author1ty over all nontr1butary groundwater, set <br />po11cy and make rules on an 1nd1v1dual aQu1fer bas1s rather <br />than on a statew\de bas1s, change des1gnat10n procedures to <br />deal w1th aqu1fers rather than baslns, and continue ex1st1ng <br />des1gnated bas1ns. Groundwater adm1nlstrat10n 1n the Denver <br />Bas1n would be the same as under ex1stlng law, subject only to <br />the same changes as 1n the m1n1mum change proposal. The <br />essent1al features of the Rev1sed Groundwater Management Act <br />proposal are: <br /> <br />-21- <br />