For the purposes of this article, the following water divisions are hereby established: 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 forks of the Republican river, the Smokey Hill river, […]
The state engineer, with the approval of the executive director of the department of natural resources, shall appoint one division engineer for each division. Each division engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer and shall have such additional qualifications as may be specified from time to time by the state engineer. The state engineer, with […]
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 the division, and no judge other than the one designated as a water […]
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 clerk of the district court may be […]
