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The Geologic Setting (cont.) <br /> . . . The alluvium is of varying widths and depths. At one point it <br />was shown to be 3.4 miles wide, and at another 1.84 miles. In <br />one area the depth of this sand and gravel is 34 feet, and in <br />another 20 feet. The testimony was that between Pueblo and <br />the Kansas line, a distance of 150 miles, it contains around <br />1,900,000 acre-feet of ground water. This water moves at the <br />rate of 3 to 5 feet each 24 hours. As is the case of the surface <br />water, it flows downstream. However, it also tends to flow <br />toward the stream from each side, the extent of this being <br />dependent upon proximity to the river, grade, geological <br />conditions and other factors. <br /> <br />Colorado Supreme Court in Fellhauer v. People, 447 P.2d 986 (Colo. 1968)