WSP04349

• File Number: 8449.800
• Description: Denver Basin and South Platte River Basin Technical Study
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Date: 8/1/1984
• Author: SEO
• Title: Report of Groundwater Legislation Committee
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

July 24, 1984

APPENDIX B
MINIMJM. mANGE ProPOSAL

1. Section 37-90-137(1) is amended as follows:

37-90-137. Permits to construct wells
outside designated areas - fees - permit
no ground water right - evidence - time
limitation. (1) From and after May 17,
1965, no new wells shall be constructed
outside the boundaries of a designated
ground water basin, nor the supply of
water from existing wells outside the
boundaries of a designated ground water
basins increased or extended, unless the
user makes an application in writing to
the state engineer for a "permit to
construct a well", in a form to be
prescribed by the state engineer. The
applicant shall specify the particular
ae~~9ne~ea aquifer from which the water
is to be diverted, the beneficial use to
which it is proposed to apply such
water, the location of the proposed
well, the name of the owner of the land
on which such well will be located, the
average annual amount of water applied
for in acre-feet per year, the proposed
maximum pumping rate in gallons per
minute, and, if the proposed use is
AGRICULTURAL irrigation, a description
of the land to be irrigated and che name
of the owner thereof, together with such
other reasonable information as the
state engineer may designate on the form
prescribed.

2. Section 37-90-137 (3) (a) ~s amended as follows:

37-90-137. Permits to construct wells
outside designated areas - fees - permit
no ground water right - evidence - time
limitation. (3) (a). Any permit to
construct a well, issued on or after
April 21, 1967, shall expire one year
after the issuance thereof, un~e~3 the
applicant to whom such permit was