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<br />and rights shall be investigated by the <br />Board, utilizing available sources to <br />obtain the necessary information in a <br />timely manner prior to the Board's consici- <br />eration of the application. <br />Nowhere does the rule expressly require an operator to have <br />an adjudicated water right before coming to the Boarc9. The rule <br />simply requires that an operator "indicate the water rights and <br />sources of water..." (emphasis added). The requirement that the <br />operator "indicate the water rights" is not equivalent to a <br />requirement that the operator demonstrate he actually has the <br />water rights. The use of the term "indicate" denotes a very cur- <br />sory requirement. To "indicate" simply means to "give fair evi- <br />dence of." Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1150 <br />(1971). Such a term does not support CES's contention that the <br />applicant must show a decreed water right. <br />More importantly, the rule does not state exactly what the <br />operator must "indicate" about the water rights and sources of <br />water. The rule can be read to mean any number of things. while <br />the language can be read as CES reads it, it is not the only <br />reasonable interpretation. The rule can also be read to require <br />the applicant to indicate the extent to which the applicant <br />anticipates a need for water rights and how it will seek such <br />rights. Water rights can be obtained by any one of several ways. <br />For example, a person may obtain a water right by filing an aug- <br />mentation plan, by purchasing an existing water right, or by <br />using non-tributary ground water. <br />-8- <br />