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riln4~r ~.,e ~,~",\Ci'~~ :.' .... - '. -. "j ,. ';.!. i~ . (',;:,,: ") C.i.ll ;'. i:.'."!..': CO~S[;:~:'~'! 1~II!',!l PhilDsophy of Optional Ground Water System for Colorado Water users, both surface and ground water, shall have the right or option to elect to bring an entire existing irrigation division (Division 2, for instances, would be the Arkansas River and its tributaries) under the terms of this Act. 1. Procedure. a. Definition - Water user means a registered owner of any well or holder of any decree to surface rights. In the case of incorporated ditches the certificate of tile ditch company holding the decree certifying as to who were users under tile system during the past year shall control. Users under small joint-owned surface ditches can be established by the affidavit of anyone of the users. In the case there are several users of ground water irom one well or system of wells, the affidavit of the party in whose name the well is registered shall be prima facie correct as to who are the USers. Un- registered wells and undecreed surface filings in use can be determined by affidavit of the user. b. Petitions can be circulated within the Division signed by not less than 250/0 of all water users in the Division, which petitions could be lodged in a District Court of any county in the Division to create a surface- ground water area comprising an entire division. The same procedure could be utUized as has been utilized on water conservancy districts; that is, a petition could be fUed with the Court; whereupon, notice is given for specified numbered days and bond posted to pay all costs. Objectors could protest the organization of the area by filing counter-petitions signed by 20')'0. Provisions could be set up for a hearing with a chance to challenge the validity of any signer or whether or not he is, in fact, a water user etc;