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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Also in 1980, DWR and SWRCB entered into a joint agreement <br /> <br />to implement water conservation and reclamation activities which <br />provided $4M to carry out agricultural and urban water conservation <br /> <br />programs. <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />Within the Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado <br /> <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board and the Division of Water Resources are <br /> <br />responsible for water conservation. The Colorado Constitution <br /> <br />declares unappropriated waters to be public property and provides <br /> <br />for their beneficial use. Beneficial use is the basis for measuring <br /> <br />a water right and controlling diversions. State law defines beneficial <br /> <br /> <br />use as "that amount of water that is reasonable and appropriate <br /> <br />under reasonably efficient practices to accomplish without waste <br />the purpose for which the diversion is lawfu.lly made." _/ The <br /> <br />State Engineer in the Division of Water Resources, is responsible <br /> <br />for implementing efficiency and conservation requirements, which <br />include conveyance of diverted water without unreasonable loss <br /> <br />through seepage or evaporation. <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board was created in 1937 <br /> <br />with authority to promote water conservation in the state. It <br /> <br />may fund projects "which will increase the beneficial consumptive <br /> <br />use of Colorado's compact entitled waters" and projects "for the <br /> <br />repair and rehabilitation of existing storage delivery systems." <br /> <br />+c <br />