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<br />E~stcrn SICijJchcncritcd--grcaUy YignC[nshuCdown ::t W<1ter- T
<br />from ThursGiJy's hlg storm. well on the Arka:1SClS RIver is u
<br />He :'i;\I(1 this should solve still pending before the U.S. a
<br />any w;ltcr irril;,-iI.lnn prohlrms Suprr~mr Courl. tJ
<br />in thc:-;c dlslricts for at letlst Owens said thClL if the legis. .J
<br />two weeks. !;llure leaves underground wa. c
<br />Further, Owens stlid his of- ter rcgulnticm in StCltus quo - h
<br />fice h:1s been wailing tn see <IS now seems apprlrent - "we -
<br />what the current lrgl'il:1ture \~'i]] be Just where we we['e a
<br />docs on proposed underground year ago and the ':Inly thing for I
<br />water legislatIOn. The asscm. us to do will be to initiate in~
<br />bly hasn't yeL acted on pend- junction proceedings in the
<br />ing water bills. courts agJinst well owners
<br />He also poin!.ed out that a who refuse to be regulated."
<br />court contest involving his ATTACKS ENGINEER
<br />Complaints of the upstream
<br />water users prompted Senator
<br />, Locke to take the, floor of the
<br />: Senate on personal privilege
<br />Friday and denounce the state
<br />er.gineer for wha t he consider.
<br />ed failure to properly adminis-
<br />ter Colorado wate!" laws., . I
<br />LOCKe n]s(J scnt ~ letter to I
<br />Gov. John Love, s:1yin,~, "Tn !
<br />bch;df of the \\'<1tl'r Ilsers In i'
<br />District.s 11 and 12, I rCClt1est i
<br />thJt you use ),flur influence to'
<br />dirC:;Cl the st3~C engineer to
<br />protect Lhc priorities of those
<br />who hold senior water rights
<br />. to the pumpers downstream.'~
<br />Locke'said "it is evidelit
<br />that the pumps were allowed
<br />to continue to take water either
<br />. from the stream bed, or a near
<br />distance from the stream, but
<br />.3t the same time ;:lriorities of
<br />1874 are being denied water." .
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<br />-V,illeY-have --I w;ilc.j-;-""riglllsfrnm aownstre,l1n I ,:mamlr eCI1nonw i.~lhrciltcncd."
<br />I to State Eng.i-!jU:1101' w:lter we!is. s<lid the: tclegr:l;n. '
<br />IlS protesting ~llS~ "The enl:rc lippeI' .vi'lllcy of "JrTig<ltion pumps that me 50
<br />.() protect .se~lIor'the Ark;]llsa!' r:i~~ is ~_l~rfcril1g. yc:m-i or Illnrc our junior are
<br />)l\llllplllg With no rrgulalions
<br /><:l1ld intcrct::pting W<ltr:r we <Ire
<br />,forced to lurn down for ditches
<br />SClllr)!" <lIld d(lwn~trc;ml to IlS.
<br />"We dcm,:wd the water rights
<br />of ColOI';ido be protected by
<br />strict enfr,rccmenl of the state
<br />watel' I,m's in accordance with
<br />statut.es rind Constitution of the
<br />state of Colorado, 01' we feel the
<br />watcl' llsers of the Arkansas
<br />should be released from any and
<br />nil rcgulations and controls of
<br />the state cngineer."
<br />SrGN TELEGRAM
<br />The telegram was signed by
<br />Frank Dilicy. president of Wa-
<br />ter District 12 in Chaffee County'
<br />and a member of the Southeast-
<br />ern Colorado W~lter ConscrvJncy
<br />District, a"d Tom Knickerbock-
<br />er, p)'('sident Qf WMcl' District
<br />11 in Fremont Countv,
<br />They claimed th;t water
<br />rights of the . two districts dat-
<br />ing hack to 1874 have heen shut
<br />down and that ditch c311als more
<br />senior are in jeopardy due to
<br />I interceptions of water along the
<br />river by irrigation wells.
<br />Copies of the t~legram were
<br />sent to Gov. John Love; Rich-
<br />ard T. Eckles, state natUl~al re- .
<br />sources director; State Sen.
<br />Harry Locke, R-Salida; State
<br />Reps, Harold L McCormick
<br />R-Canon City, and Harry R:
<br />Koster, R-Salida, and Felix L,
<br />Sparks, director 01 the Colorado
<br />Water Conservation Board.
<br />QUESTIONS TIMING
<br />Asked for comment, Owens
<br />said he was puzzled ahout the
<br />timing of the protest in view of
<br />the,fact that the upper Arkansas
<br />Valley along with most 'of the
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