WSP05397

• File Number: 8054.100
• Description: Water Salvage - Water Salvage Study - HB 91-1154
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 1/22/1992
• Author: CWCB
• Title: An Analysis of Water salvage Issues in Colorado - Final and Various Drafts
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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MEANS THE AMOUNT OF WATER WHICH AN APPLICANT CLAIMS WILL NO
LONGER BE NEEOED FOR DIVERSION AT THE APPLICANT'S HEADGATE
BECAUSE OF MODERNIZATION, IMPROVEMENT, OR CHANGE IN THE
APPLICANT'S METHOD OF OPERATICN.
(2) AN OWNER OF A DIRECT FLOW WATER RIGHT WHICH HAS BEEN
USED FOR AT LEAST SEVEN OF THE LAST TEN YEARS AS LISTED IN THE
LATEST QUADRENNIAL TABULATION MAY APPLY TO THE WATER CLERK FOR
ADJUDICATION OF A CONSERVATION WATER RIGHT AS SPECIFIED IN
THIS SECTION. THE PROCEDURE FOR ADJUDICATION OF A
CONSERVATION WATER RIGHT SHALL BE THE SAME AS THAT FOR THE
ADJUDICATION OF OTHER WATER RIGHTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE UNLESS
SUCH OTHER PROCEDURES WOULD BE IMPRACTICABLE OR IN DIRECT
CONFLICT WITH ANY SPECIF[C PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. AN
APPLICATION FOR A CONSERVATION WATER RIGHT SHALL AT A MINIMUM
SET FORTH THE LOCATION, AMOUNT, AND USE OF ANY DECREED WATER
RIGHT WHICH FORMS THE BASIS OF THE APPLICATION FOR A
CONSERVATION WATER RIGHT. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE
ANY MODER~IZATION, [MPROVEMENT, OR CHANGE TO BE MADE IN THE
APPLICANT'S METHOD OF OPERATION AND THE AMOUNT OF SAVED WATER
WHICH WILL RESULT FROM ANY SUCH MEASURE. AT THE OPTION OF THE
APPLICANT, AN ADJUDICATION OF A CHANGE IN A POINT OF DIVERSION
OF A WATER RIGHT MAY BE COMBINED WITH THE ADJUDICATION OF A
CONSERVATION WATER RIGHT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THE WATER
CLERK SHALL INCLUDE ANY APPLICATION FILED UNDER THIS SECTION
IN THE MONTHLY RESUME OF APPLICATIONS FILED IN THE DIVISION
AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-92-302

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