The owner of a reservoir who uses the reservoir for water storage shall give reasonable notice to the division engineer of the division in which the reservoir is located of the date on which the reservoir owner desires to release stored water into any natural streams, together with the amount to be released in cubic feet per second, the duration of the releases, and the name of the structure or other location to which the water released from storage is to be delivered, to allow the water officials in charge of any stream into which the stored water is released to make and record the necessary measurements of flow and storage and to provide for a proper patrol of the stream, for the protection of the reservoir owner and all other appropriators along the stream whose interests might be affected as a result of the reservoir release.
Source: L. 35: p. 639, § 2. CSA: C. 90, § 81. CRS 53: § 147-5-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 148-53. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-026), ch. 47, p. 147, § 13, effective August 9.
Cross references: For the appointments and functions of water division engineers, see § 37-92-202.