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

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(9) I~ THE EVeN'f AN._O~OE~ OF THE STATE ENGINEER IS NOT
CJMPLIED \.lITH, TO ~PPLY TO THE ,UTER--:iUDG'E OF THE PARTI(UL.lR---
DIVISION FO~ AN I'JUNCTION ENJOINING THE PERSJN TO WHOM SUCH
OROE~ WAS OI~ECTEO FROM CONTINUING TO VIOLATE SAME. THE'TERM
"INJUN::TIDN" INC.LUOES HAN:)ATORy RELIEF.

(I) IN SUCH PROCEEOING, IF THE COURT UPHOLDS THE ORDER OF
THE STATE ENGINEER, THE PERSON AGAINST WHOM SUCH ORDER WAS ISSUED
S~ALL PAY THE CJSTS OF THS: p~;'r;:F')rNG. INCllJDTNI': T"uC '" ,... ....re: ~c
A REASON4BLE ATTORNEY FEE.

(II) A~Y PERSON WHO HAS AN INTEREST I~ THE SUBJECT MATTER
8F SU:H PROCEEJI~GS MAY INTERVENE, IF SUCH INTERVENTION IS TIMELY
ANJ riILL NOT :AUSE UNOUE DELAY.

(III) IN THE CASE OF A VIOLATION OF AN INJU~CTIG~ ISSUED
U~OER TrlE P~JVISI8NS OF THIS SU3SECTION, T~E ~ATER JUDGE SHALL
T~y ANJ PUNISH THE OFFENDER FO~ CONTEMPT 'OF COURT.

(IV) SUCH PRDCEE~INGS SHALL BE IN AOOITION TO, AND NOT BE
I~ LIEU OF9 ANY OTHER PENALTIES A~O REMEDIES. PUELIC OR PRIVATE,
PRQvIOE.) SY LA\.l.

(n) TO SUPERVISE ANO CONTRJL THE EXERCISE AND AC~rNISTRA-
TIO~ OF ALL RIGHTS ~COUIRED TO THE uSE OF OESIG~ATED GROUNO
wATER. Ii'i T...tE EXERCISE OF THIS POwER THE STATE ENGINEER MAv, BV
OJ:!,:)E~, pl:lJHlarr OK LIMn 'rIITHiJRAWAL OF ~ATER FRpM ANV >-IcLL DURING
A~Y PERIOD THAT HE OR SHE OETERMINES THAT SUCH WlT~DRAWAL OF
WATER r~J~ SAIO wELL WOULD CAUSE UNREASONABLE INJURv TO PRIOR
VESTED RIGHTS; EXCEPT THAT NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE CON-
STRUEJ AS E~TITLING ANY PRIOR CESIGNATED GROUND WATER USER TO THE
MAINTENANC.E OF THE HISTORIC WATE~ lEVEL OR ANY OTHER LEvEL 3ELOw
WrlICH ~ATE~ STIll CAN BE ECONO~ICALLY ExTRACTED ~HEN THE TOTAL
ECONO~IC PATTERN OF THE PARTICULAR OESIGNATEO GKOUNO WATE~ BASIN
IS CONSr~ERcD.

(i) TO EStABLISH A REASONABLE GROUND WATER LEvEL IN AN
AKEA MAVI~~ A COMMON GROUND WATER SUPPLY, CONSISTENT wITH GUIDE-
LINES ESTABLISHEO BY THE COH~ISSION.

ei) TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEw, REPLACE-
MENT9 OK SUPPLEMENTAL ~ELLS. A~Y PERMrrs ISSuED FOR REPLACEMENT
O~ SUPPLEMENT~L WELLS SHALL SET FORTH THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH
A WELL MAV SE MODIFIEJ BY A CHANGE OF THE wELL ITSELF OK THE
P~MPI~~ EOUIP~ENT THEREFOR, BY THE DRILLING OF A SUPPLEMENTAL
WELL, :Jq OTHER;';ISE, IN ORiJER TO MAKE IT POSSIBL:: FOR THE OwNER OF
A ~ELL TO OaTAIN THE WATER TO WHI:H SUCH OWNER MAY BE ENTITLEO dV
VIRTUE OF HIS ORIGINAL USE.

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(k) TO OR9ER THE TOTAL OR PARTIAL OISCONTINUANCE OF ANY
DIVE~SION TJ THE EXTENT THE WAT=R SEING OIVERTED IS NOT NECESSARv
F~R APPLI~ATIJN T8 A 3ENEFICrAL USE;

(1) TO PRESCRIBE MEASURING AND RECO~DrNG METHODS FOR T>-iE
MEASURE~ENT OF WATER LEVELS IN AN] THE AMO~Nr OF ~ATER wITMORA>-IN
, F~O~ WELLS 4.~O TO REQUIRE. REPORTS TO BE MADE. AT THE END OF EACH "
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