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ADMINISTRATION PROTOCOL <br />Dry-Up of Irrigated Land <br />Division One - South Platte River <br />As required by either a decreed change of water rights or a substitute water supply <br />plan, a source of irrigation water may be either permanently or temporarily removed <br />from a parcel of land in order to make the historical consumptive use portion of that <br />water supply available for other uses, typically augmentation: This protocol <br />addresses the documentation required to administer the effective "dry-up". To the <br />extent that one or more of the following directives are in direct contradiction with a <br />decree of the court, the terms of the decree must be followed. <br />Permanent Dry-up Covenant <br />1. Must be decreed by the court. <br />2. Must be filed with clerk and recorder's office for the county wherein the land <br />is located. <br />3. Must address the issue of noxious weeds as required by § 37-92-305(4.5)(a), <br />C.R.S. and/or other county or local ordinances. (DWR is not authorized to <br />administer the issue of noxious weeds; this statement is, therefore, simply <br />informational.) <br />Temporary Dry-up Agreement <br />1. May be made for a term that is not less than one irrigation season. <br />2. The division engineer and water commissioner must be notified in writing <br />prior to April 1 of the each irrigation season covered by the agreement. <br />3. Once written notice has been made to the division engineer and/or water <br />commissioner, the dry-up requirement is irrevocable during the current <br />irrigation season regardless of whether or not the water associated with the <br />historical consumptive use is actually used. <br />Administration Protocol - Dry-Up of Irrigated Land <br />December 1, 2007 <br />