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<br />RECORO OF PROCEEDING
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<br />the increased appropriations for the Fryingpan-ArkaDsas Project were still intact" and
<br />Project Manager Ogilvie feels these fund~ wjll keep the Project reasonably on schedule..
<br />Thomson also advised that Ogilvie had reported drilling was still progressing at a slow
<br />pace in the Divide Tunnel, but the grouted section seemed to be holding very welL It
<br />is the hope of Mr. OgilVie that the Tunnel will be holed through in December of this year,
<br />and thus wate/' will be available to the District in the summer of 1970.
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<br />SENATE BILL 407 REPORT;
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<br />Attorney James Geissinger, on leave from the Attorney General's Office to handle the
<br />Studies being conducted under Senate Bill 407, stated the Engineering Firms have com-
<br />pleted tbeir projects. the material is now being assembled by his Office, and regular
<br />reports are being given to the respective Legislative Committees. He said he started
<br />on the project the first of April, and is optimistic that a summary report will be avail-
<br />able for limited distribution to water users and other interested parties in mid or late
<br />October. Mr. Geissinger gave a very enlightening report on the history ofw..ter Legis-
<br />lation in the State of Colorado, and commented that many other States adopted the basic
<br />Water Law of Colorado. He and others assigned to the job of developing the material
<br />for the Legislature under Senate Bill 407 feel they have a mandate to study each Basin
<br />supply and the conjunctive use of water. He observed that recommendations have been
<br />received from a variety of sources in the State, and a majority feel that it is critical
<br />the State develop a "use and re-use" system for its water. Geissinger reported the
<br />Colorado Bar Association has assigned top members, who are knowledgeable in Water
<br />Law, to assist in refining language which will be developed at the grass roots level, and
<br />by the Engineers under Contract. He stated the Engineering Studies are very complete,
<br />and incorporate a wealth of facts and figures which will be of great help to the members
<br />of the Legislature in arriving at Legislation which will provide for the most beneficial
<br />use of the limited water supplies in the State. Mr. Geissinger observed that the follow-
<br />ing reco~mendations have been received from various agencies:
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<br />1. Keep water management in State Engineer's Office.
<br />2. Create Public Districts in each Basin to handle the administration of all
<br />waters within that individual Basin.
<br />3. Must get uniformity in the Judicial process, and, therefore, bring wells
<br />under adjudication with surface rights.
<br />4. There Is only one river in each Basin.
<br />5. Can not segmentize a river, and, therefore, should develop the Basin
<br />concept.
<br />6. Work on storage for better use, with particular reference to winter
<br />irrigation.
<br />7. Eatablish Water Courts in each Division, with the thought the Court would
<br />be in the City where the Division Engineer is located and where recorda
<br />are Immediately available to the Court. The Division Engineer would be-
<br />come a "fact finderll for the Court.
<br />8. Develop the volumetric procedure which would identify the maximum
<br />amount of water available under a right.
<br />9. Beneficial use ot water has to be determined on each individual case.
<br />10. State Engineer must be more diligent in keeping records, supervising,
<br />and administering the Water Laws of the State.
<br />I!. Must study how to finance battery of wells, and the efficient use of all
<br />water.
<br />12. Must review present Laws to provide for the capture of leakage from
<br />reservoirs.
<br />13. Reservoir Fill Law must be revised.
<br />14. Convert direct flow rights to storage rights.
<br />15. Develop procedures whereby water might be exchanged.
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