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The following policies are in PDF format. For further information, or to have a specific form mailed to you, please contact the Ground Water Information Desk at (303) 866-3587 from 9am-4pm M-F.

Use and Measurement Policies: Division One

South Platte River Basin

Policy 2015-01: South Platte Tributary Ground Water Measurement Rules (pdf)

Use and Measurement Policies: Division Two

Arkansas River Basin

Division 2 - Arkansas River Basin: Measurement Rule Variance Policies - Cover Letter, Rule List (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.0A: Allowable Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3 for Hour Meters (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.0B: Allowable Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3 for Privately-Owned Electric Meters (Aka Slave Meter) (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.1A: Clarifications to Amended Measurement Rule 3.1: Totalizing Flow Meters (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.1C: Clarification and Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3.1: Totalizing Flow Meter Testing Frequency (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.2A: Allowable Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3.2: System Stabilization (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2008-03.2B: Allowable Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3.2: PCC Re_Rating Frequency (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2010-3.1B: Clarification and Variance to Amended Measurement Rule 3.1: Totalizing Flow Meter Correction Factors (Field Calibration) (.pdf)

Measurement Rule Policy 2011-3.1A: Allowable Variance for Coal Bed Methane Wells to Amended Measurement Rule 3.1: Totalizing Flow Meter Correction Factors (Field Calibration) (.pdf)

Republican River Basin Rules

Guideline (Rule 16.5.A.3) - Interim Measurement Program for Inoperable Measurement Devices (pdf)

Policy Memorandum 2008-1 (Rescinded - April 15, 2018) (pdf)

Rio Grande (SLV) River Basin Rules

Policy 2003-3 (Modified November 8, 2016): Regarding Supplemental Wells, Alternate Points of Diversions for Wells and Replacement Wells, including Deepening of Wells in Water Division III (pdf)

Policy 2010-1: Regarding the Establishment of Irrigation Season Dates (pdf)