Title 37, Water and Irrigation
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969. Source: L. 69: p. 1200, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 148-21-1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-102 Legislative declaration - basic tenets of Colorado water law
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(1) (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that all water in or tributary to natural surface streams, not including nontributary groundwater as that term is defined in section 37-90-103, originating in or flowing into this state have always been and a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 92, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Abandonment of a conditional water right means the termination of a conditional water right as a result of the failure to develop with reasonable diligence the proposed appropriation upon which such water righ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-201 Water divisions
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(1) For the purposes of this article, the following water divisions are hereby established: (a) Division 1: Division 1 consists of all lands in the state of Colorado in the drainage basins of the South Platte river, the Big Laramie river, the Arikaree river, the north and south f…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-202 Division engineers
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(1) (a) The state engineer, with the approval of the executive director of the department of natural resources, shall appoint one division engineer for each division. The division engineers are allocated to the division of water resources as a section of the division. The divisio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-203 Water judges - jurisdiction
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(1) There is established in each water division the position of water judge of the district courts of all counties situated entirely or partly within the division. Said district courts collectively acting through the water judge have exclusive jurisdiction of water matters within…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-204 Water clerks - duties
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(1) (a) There is established in each water division the office of water clerk, who shall be an associate clerk of the district court and shall be appointed in the same manner as clerks of the various district courts. The water clerk may be a part-time employee, or an existing cle…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-301 Administration and distribution of waters
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(1) The state engineer shall be responsible for the administration and distribution of the waters of the state, and, in each division, such administration and distribution shall be accomplished through the offices of the division engineer as specified in this article. (2) In acco…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-303 Rulings by the referee
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(1) Within sixty-three days after the last day on which statements of opposition may be filed with respect to a particular application, unless such time is extended by the water judge for good cause shown, the referee shall make a ruling on the application unless the referee dete…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-304 Proceedings by the water judge
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(1) On the first Tuesday of March and September in division 1, the second Tuesday of March and September in division 2, the third Tuesday of March and September in division 3, the fourth Tuesday of March and September in division 4, the first Tuesday of April and October in divis…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-306 Priorities junior to prior awards - when
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With respect to each division described in section 37-92-201, the priority date awarded for water rights or conditional water rights adjudged and decreed on applications for a determination of the amount and priority thereof filed in such division during each calendar year shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-306.1 Relation back of priority date
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(1) Except in the case of applications for adjudication of groundwater, notwithstanding the provisions of section 37-92-306, the filing date of an application for a water right or conditional water right involving the same source of water and derived from the same point of divers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-401 Tabulations of priorities and decennial abandonment lists
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(1) (a) (I) The division engineer of each division with the approval of the state engineer shall maintain a tabulation in order of seniority of all decreed water rights and conditional water rights in their divisions. The tabulations must describe each water right and conditional…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-501 Jurisdiction over water - rules and regulations
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(1) The state engineer and the division engineers shall administer, distribute, and regulate the waters of the state in accordance with the constitution of the state of Colorado, the provisions of this article and other applicable laws, and written instructions and orders of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-501.5 Special procedures with respect to plans for augmentation
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Consistent with the decisions of the water judges establishing the basis for approval for plans for augmentation and for the administration of groundwater, the state engineer and division engineers shall exercise the broadest latitude possible in the administration of waters unde…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-502 Orders as to waste, diversions, or distribution of water
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(1) The state engineer or the division engineers shall issue to the owners or users of water rights and to the users of waters of the state such orders as are necessary to implement the provisions of section 37-92-501, including, but not limited to, the orders specified in subsec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-503 Enforcement - injunction
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(1) (a) In the event an order of a division engineer or the state engineer issued pursuant to section 37-92-502 is not complied with, the state engineer and the particular division engineer in the name of the people of the state of Colorado, through the attorney general, shall ap…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 37-92-504 Treble damages
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Any person who is damaged in his business or property by reason of the violation of an order issued pursuant to section 37-92-502, the violation of which has been properly enjoined pursuant to section 37-92-503, may bring an action against any person who has violated said order i…