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COLORADO <br /> Division of Water Resources <br /> DNR <br /> " Department of Natural Resources <br /> Policy 1990-1 <br /> RECORDING AND PERMITTING OF WELLS FOR EXEMPT COMMERCIAL <br /> USES INITIATED PRIOR TO MAY 8, 1972 (AMENDED) <br /> Objective <br /> The following guidance is adopted to provide for the consistent evaluation and conditioning of <br /> applications to register drinking and sanitary wells in a commercial business pursuant to <br /> section 37-92-602(5), C.R.S. This guidance does not apply to small capacity wells registered <br /> pursuant to section 37-90-105(4), that are located within a designated groundwater basin. <br /> 1. Water from an existing commercial well must have been applied to the claimed <br /> beneficial uses prior to May 8, 1972. If the well has not been used for the claimed <br /> commercial uses for a period of 10 years or more since May 8, 1972, the claimed uses <br /> will be presumed abandoned and not eligible for registration based on use prior to <br /> May 8, 1972. Refer to State Engineer Policy 95-4 for further guidance regarding <br /> applications for registration of existing wells. <br /> 2. The claimed and actual pumping rate shall not exceed 15 gallons per minute. <br /> 3. The use of the water diverted is limited to drinking and sanitary facilities in an <br /> individual commercial business. For the purposes of this Policy, an office building or <br /> shopping center containing multiple tenants may be considered an individual <br /> commercial business. In addition, an individual commercial business may have <br /> multiple buildings/structures with drinking and sanitary facilities supplied by the <br /> well. Use of water from the well may include serving the ordinary household <br /> purposes of a single-family residential unit or units on the parcel, such as an on-site <br /> proprietor's residence or a caretaker/employee unit, provided the residential use is <br /> directly associated with the commercial business. No uses of water are permitted <br /> outside of the building(s) associated with the business, including a residence as <br /> described above, such as landscape watering or domestic animal watering. <br /> 4. No more than one exempt well may be used to serve an individual commercial <br /> business. <br /> 5. If the individual commercial business is served by a well approved under section <br /> 37-90-137 ("non-exempt well") then the non-exempt well cannot serve the same uses <br /> as the exempt well (drinking and sanitary uses) and the wells cannot be plumbed <br /> together or connected in any way. <br /> 6. The amount of groundwater diverted shall be limited to 1 acre-foot annually (325,851 <br /> gallons). The applicant must support in writing, on a form approved by the State <br /> Engineer, that the groundwater diverted will not exceed 1 acre-foot annually. <br /> a c% <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 dwr.cotoredo.gov � >, <br /> Jared S. Polls, Governor I Dan Gibbs, Executive Director I Kevin G. Rein, State Engineer/Director 7,w71 <br /> � i� r <br />