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State engineer’s office explains well permits, augmentation plans and exemptions
Summary
A Colorado Division of Water Resources assistant division engineer explained how prior appropriation and augmentation plans govern nonexempt wells, reviewed exempt‑well permit limits and described how substitute water‑supply plans and augmentation decrees interact with local development and water administration.
At a Conifer forum, Aliyah Sarah Steven, assistant division engineer for Division 1 of the Colorado Division of Water Resources, walked residents through how Colorado administers groundwater and wells under the prior‑appropriation system.
"Most wells are nonexempt wells. They are administered in priority along with these other senior water rights and junior water rights," Steven said, summarizing the division's approach. She explained that nonexempt wells typically require an augmentation plan to replace depletions to surface…
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