Abstract
Colorado lies within an area of the country that is regarded as semi-arid and, therefore, places great value on its water resources. Colorado’s population has been growing nearly three times as fast as the national rate. Degradation of ground water has been noted in several areas of the basin. Dissolved solids concentrations in alluvial ground water are consistently greater than average concentrations in the adjacent South Platte River. The South Platte Valley has a rich heritage of exploration and development. The Colorado concept had its beginnings in the mining camps of the Colorado Rockies when gold miners applied the rules of staking mining claims for the utilization of water. The Ground Water Management Act of 1965 replaced the 1957 Act and authorized the creation of “designated ground water basins” whereby ground water not tributary to any natural stream would be administered by a modified version of the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation.
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