Code of Colorado Regulations
400 - Department of Natural Resources
402 - Division of Water Resources
2 CCR 402-6 - RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLYING EXCLUSIVELY TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND WATER FROM THE DAWSON, DENVER, ARAPAHOE AND LARAMIE-FOX HILLS AQUIFERS IN THE DENVER BASIN
4 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 2 CO Code Regs 402-6 ยง 4
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. The following definitions are applicable to these Denver Basin Rules:
1. The "Dawson Aquifer" means both the Lower
Dawson Aquifer and the Upper Dawson Aquifer.
2. The "Upper Dawson Aquifer" means that
aquifer above the base of the aquifer as shown in Denver Basin Atlas No. 1,
Plate 3, Figure 1D, and that aquifer above the base of the aquifer as shown in
Plate 1, Figure 1A south of the boundary of the Lower Dawson Aquifer.
3. The "Lower Dawson Aquifer"
means that aquifer between the base of the aquifer as shown in Denver Basin
Atlas No. 1, Plate 1, Figure 1A north of the boundary of the Lower Dawson
Aquifer and the top of the aquifer as shown in Plate 2, Figure 1B and including
the area of the outcrop/subcrop as shown in Plate 2, Figure 1C.
4. The "Denver Aquifer" means that aquifer
between the base of the aquifer as shown in Denver Basin Atlas No. 2, Plate 1,
Figure 2B and the top of the aquifer as shown in Plate 1, Figure 2A and
including the area of the outcrop/subcrop as shown in Plate 2, Figure 2C.
5. The "Arapahoe Aquifer" means
both the Lower Arapahoe Aquifer and the Upper Arapahoe Aquifer.
6. The "Upper Arapahoe Aquifer" means that
aquifer between the base of the aquifer as shown in Denver Basin Atlas No. 3,
Plate 3, Figure 3C and south and east of the boundary of the Lower Arapahoe
Aquifer as shown in Plate 3, Figure 3C and the top of the aquifer as shown in
Plate 1, Figure 3A and including the area of the outcrop/subcrop as shown in
Plate 4, Figure 3E.
7. The "Lower
Arapahoe Aquifer" means that aquifer between the base of the aquifer as shown
in Denver Basin Atlas No. 3, Plate 2, Figure 3B north and west of the boundary
of the Lower Arapahoe Aquifer and the top of the aquifer as shown in Plate 3,
Figure 3D and including the area of the outcrop/subcrop as shown in Plate 5,
Figure 3F.
8. The "Laramie-Fox
Hills Aquifer" means that aquifer between the base of the aquifer as shown in
Denver Basin Atlas No. 4, Plate 2, Figure 4B and the top of the aquifer as
shown in Plate 1, Figure 4A and including the area of the outcrop/subcrop as
shown in Plate 3, Figure 4C.
9.
"Denver Basin Aquifers" means the Upper Dawson, Lower Dawson, Denver, Upper
Arapahoe, Lower Arapahoe and Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifers as defined in these
rules.
10. "Denver Basin" means
that geographic area overlying the base of the Laramie-Fox Hills Aquifer as
shown in Denver Basin Atlas No. 4, Plate 2, Figure 4B.
B. Any term used in these Denver Basin Rules that is defined in Sections 37-90-103 or 37-92-103, C.R.S. is used with the meaning given therein.
C. Any term used in these Denver Basin Rules that is not defined herein that is defined in other Rules and Regulations of the State Engineer is used with the meaning given therein.
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