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<br />00' !." 'j <br />1tU <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the State Engineer's office <br />the material and work which we have collected. Some attempt should <br />be made to sort, file, and index the information to make it more readily <br />available for any task force which is activated. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The consultants recommend the following: <br /> <br />1. Colorado's ground water law should be amended at the coming <br />session of the General Assembly. No attempt should be made to rewrite <br />or recodify Colorado's ground water law. Suggested amendments attached <br />to this report are designed to accomplish the following: <br /> <br />a. To declare that the ground water or public waters be- <br />long to the people of the state. <br /> <br />b. To strengthen the registration provisions. <br /> <br />c. To amplify the powers of the Ground Water Commission. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />d. To prevent pollution of ground water. <br /> <br />e. To provide a more realistic definition of the term <br />"tributary" . <br /> <br />2. Ground water research is a necessity. The consultants and <br />the committee agree that first priority should be given to the interrelation- <br />ship of ground water to stream flow on the entire length of the Arkansas <br />and the South Platte and their main tributaries. A recommended research <br />program was presented by Morton W. Bittinger, Colorado State University, <br />in consultation with the U. S. G. S. and the Bureau of Reclamation to the <br />committee is a part of its minutes and is supported by the committee. <br /> <br />3. Additional information on fluctuations in ground water <br />tables is needed. The committee recommends that well measurements <br />be gathered by the personnel of the office of the State Engineer through <br />the water commissioners and their deputies. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />4. The water appropriation act should be amended to enable the <br />proper district court to grant an appropriation decree for ground water <br />storage and ground water recharge. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5. The irrigation district acts and the water conservancy act <br />should be amended to permit both irrigation and water conservancy dis- <br />tricts to engage in ground water management, storage and recharge. <br /> <br />- l3 - <br />