This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Groundwater Management Act".
Source: L. 65: R&RE, p. 1268, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-18-38.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For article, "The Law of Underground Water", see 13 Rocky Mt. L. Rev. 1 (1940). For comment, "Water: Statewide or Local Concern? City of Thornton v. Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co.", see 56 Den. L.J. 625 (1979). For article, "Cumulative Impact Assessment of Western Energy Development: Will it Happen?", see 51 U. Colo. L. Rev. 551 (1980). For article, "The Effect of Water Law on the Development of Oil Shale", see 58 Den. L.J. 751 (1981). For article, "Ground Water Mining Law and Policy", see 53 U. Colo. L. Rev. 505 (1982). For article, "The Emerging Relationship Between Environmental Regulations and Colorado Water Law", see 53 U. Colo. L. Rev, 597 (1982). For article, "Water Rights — How to Avoid Getting in Over Your Head", see 11 Colo. Law. 2143 (1982). For article, "Management of Groundwater Through Mandatory Conservation", see 61 Den. L.J. 1 (1983). For article, "Nontributary Groundwater: The Continuing Saga", see 13 Colo. Law. 68 (1984).
This article and article 92 deal with separate waters. The Ground Water Management Act and the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969, article 92 of this title, deal with separate and mutually exclusive waters. Broyles v. Fort Lyon Canal Co., 638 P.2d 244 (Colo. 1981).
Differences explained between determination and administration of water rights under this article and under article 92. E. Cherry Creek Water & Sanitation Dist. v. Rangeview Metro. Dist., 109 P.3d 154 (Colo. 2005).
Applied in District 10 Water Users Ass'n v. Barnett, 198 Colo. 291, 599 P.2d 894 (1979).