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water from a natural stream by means of a ditch, canal, flume, bypass, pipeline, <br /> conduit, well, pump, or other structure or device, or is filled by spring water, <br /> stormwater runoff, precipitation, or return flows, including effluent. <br /> 4.1.14 "Other Structure" means a structure operated to release water from a Reservoir or <br /> operated either to return water to the natural stream or to deliver a measured <br /> amount of water for any purpose subject to administration, distribution, and <br /> regulation by the State Engineer or Division Engineer, including but not limited to <br /> a waste ditch or wasteway. <br /> 4.1.15 "Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a municipality, the <br /> State of Colorado, the United States, or any other legal entity, public or private, as <br /> defined in section 37-92-103(8), C R S <br /> 4.1.16 "Qualified Tester" means a Person who is qualified to determine the accuracy of <br /> an installed Measuring Device or Alternative Measurement Method based upon <br /> their competence in the use of hydrographic measurement equipment, such as <br /> current meters and acoustic doppler velocity meters. <br /> 4.1.17 "Recording Device" means any device acceptable to the Water Commissioner or <br /> Division Engineer that is capable of recording the flow data or water level for a <br /> Diversion Structure or Other Structure. <br /> 4.1.18 "Reservoir" means a structure designed to impound and store water, or store and <br /> subsequently release,water, for one or more beneficial uses. <br /> 4.1.19 "Total Volume" means the volume of water, usually expressed in acre-feet <br /> ("AF"), that is Diverted or that is stored in or released from a Reservoir over a <br /> specific period of time or is in storage in a Reservoir at a given point in time. <br /> 4.1.20 "Verification" or"Verified" means the testing performed by a Qualified Tester to <br /> verify the accuracy of a Measuring Device or an Alternative Measurement <br /> Method. <br /> 4.1.21 "Water Right" means a right to use in accordance with its priority a certain <br /> portion of the waters of the state by reason of the appropriation of the same, as <br /> defined in section 37-92-103(12), C.R.S. <br /> 4.1.22 "Water User," "User," or"Owner" means a Person who owns or uses a Diversion <br /> Structure, any Water Right decreed to a Diversion Structure, or any Other <br /> Structure. For the purposes of these Rules, "Water User," "User," and "Owner" <br /> may be used interchangeably. <br /> 5 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />