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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8126.700
Description
Arkansas River Coordinating Committee - Committees - Subcommittees
State
CO
Basin
Arkansas
Water Division
2
Date
3/26/1994
Author
James Amos
Title
Water Owners Unite - Regulations push users to action
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
News Article/Press Release
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<br />"\ <br /> <br />, to make us and <br />,k real hard at OUr <br />vlA secretary Don <br /> <br />ned that the two <br />:ions charge Ihe <br />1se their members <br />lnly been obeying <br />years. <br /> <br />me in from out of <br />,s ignored the rul- <br />>Cialions, all Ihese <br />,e of our members <br /> <br />e is also concerned <br />yater could rise as <br />, look for places 10 <br /> <br />A Iradilionally gets <br />'aler in Ihe form of <br />from the Southeast <br />Taler Conservancy <br />\Use distrili water <br />ror thaI purpose be- <br />rtin Reservoir: the <br />bought and leased <br />face dilehes. <br /> <br />AGUA will proba- <br />flows from the can- <br />;1 for now, but will <br />permanent sources <br />wa ler is sold r rom <br />Jepcnding on how <br />,e Frying Pan-Ar- <br />collects from the <br /> <br />s~1 ~ F11 <br /> <br />Well ow ers may be requireu <br />to chart usage MwJ.. \911 <br /> <br /> <br />PUEBLO - A new state rule <br />requiring well Owners 111 the Ar- <br />kansas Valley to rccord how much <br />water their wells pump could be- <br />o come effective as soon as June 15, <br />one state official said." <br /> <br />Steve .Witte, water engineer for <br />the Arkansas Riv"er drainage, si:Jid <br />Ihallhe new rule will be submined <br />to Division- Two water court by <br />Ihe end or Ihe month. <br /> <br />",II sho,nld appear in ,Ihe w,lIer <br />courl's hslmg 01 wmer-rel.HCo h> <br />gal notices 'published in l1ew~pa' <br />peTS ne~t month. <br />There will be a 20.d3Y period 10 <br />dispule Ihe rule, Wille said. That <br />should begin when the rule is puh- <br />lished. <br />Another proposed measure by <br />state water engineer Hal Simpson <br />to do away with Monday-Tues- <br />day-Wednesday only pumping for <br />pre-1972 wells hasn't progressed <br />mtjdOh yelc: <br /> <br />Simpson said at a well ownc.:l';-; <br />group meeting ill February ih;ll <br />the old system of hmiting pump- <br />ing of pre-1972 wells to those <br />three days hasn't hmited pumping <br />as it was supposed 10. <br />The special master that rult'd <br />against Colorado in its suit with <br />Kansas about Arkansas RI\'cr <br />nows said the three day pumping <br />rule wasn't working to make 'SlITC <br />COIOTildo well owners left cnoill!h <br />wJkr for fV~nsas users. ~ <br /> <br />The new rule requiring the mea. <br />surement orwell water, either wilh <br />meters or electrical pow~r coem. <br />cienls. is aimed at determining. <br />how much Arkansas drainage wa." <br />ter Colorado uses. Kansas has <br />claimed the state consumes 100 <br />much ground waler. The recent <br />rulings could mean Colorado wilf, <br />owe Kansas millions of dollars. or <br />hundreds of Ihousands of acre. <br />feet of water in repayment. <br />~ -J.qml'sAm '{ <br /> <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Y' <br /> <br />,:'-" <br />r",. . <br /> <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />ONce }, <br />
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