Article 1. Department of Water Resources

Sec 45-101. Definitions

Sec 45-102. Department of water resources; director; appointment; qualifications; compensation

Sec 45-103. Scope of authority and responsibility of department and director

Sec 45-104. Department organization; deputy directors; employees; legal counsel; branch offices; consultants

Sec 45-105. Powers and duties of director

Sec 45-106. Limitation of powers

Sec 45-107. Cooperation with the secretary of the interior of the United States

Sec 45-107.01. Waiver of rights to return flow credits

Sec 45-108. Evaluation of subdivision water supply; definition

Sec 45-108.01. Application for water report or designation of adequate water supply; notice; objections; hearing; appeals

Sec 45-108.02. Exemption from adequate water supply requirements for city, town or county based on substantial capital investment; application; criteria; expiration

Sec 45-108.03. Exemption from adequate water supply requirements for city, town or county based on an adequate water supply within twenty years; criteria; application

Sec 45-108.04. Definition of adequate water supply; upper San Pedro water district

Sec 45-108.05. Water supply definitions

Sec 45-108.06. Water provider water supply information; definitions

Sec 45-109. Division of state into water districts; district water superintendent

Sec 45-110. Duties of superintendent; injunctive relief of injured water user

Sec 45-111. Annual report by director

Sec 45-112. Violations; classification; enforcement

Sec 45-113. Fees; refunds

Sec 45-114. Administrative proceedings; rehearing or review; judicial review

Sec 45-115. Production and copying fund; use; account; nonreversion

Sec 45-116. Publication and mailing fund; use; account; nonreversion

Sec 45-117. Water resources fund; purpose; monies held in trust

Article 3. Bodies of Water

Sec 45-131. Definitions

Sec 45-132. Filling large bodies of water for landscape, scenic or recreational purposes prohibited; exceptions; preemption

Sec 45-133. Permit for interim water use; application; fee; surcharge on use of groundwater

Sec 45-134. Temporary emergency permit for use of surface water or groundwater in body of water

Sec 45-135. Inspections; investigations

Sec 45-136. Cease and desist order; temporary cease and desist order; hearings; injunctive relief

Sec 45-137. Civil penalties

Sec 45-138. Burden of proof

Sec 45-139. Violation; classification

Sec 45-139.01. Notice of source of water used to fill or refill body of water

Sec 45-139.02. Effect on legal status of effluent

Article 4. Public Nature and Use of Surface Water

Sec 45-141. Public nature of waters of the state; beneficial use; reversion to state; actions not constituting abandonment or forfeiture

Article 5. Appropriation of Water

Sec 45-151. Right of appropriation; permitted uses; water rights in stockponds; federal lands

Sec 45-152. Application for permit to appropriate water

Sec 45-152.01. Instream flow applications; process; definition

Sec 45-153. Criteria for approval or rejection of applications; restrictions on approval

Sec 45-154. Correction of defective application

Sec 45-155. Requiring additional information on application

Sec 45-156. Legislative authorization for appropriation of water to generate power; change in use

Sec 45-157. Relative value of uses

Sec 45-158. Effect of approval or rejection of application

Sec 45-159. Conditions of acceptance of permit

Sec 45-160. Limitation on time of completion of construction; exception

Sec 45-161. Applications for reservoir permits; secondary permits for water

Sec 45-162. Certificate of water right; time limitation on use of water for power purposes

Sec 45-163. Assignments

Sec 45-164. Registry; reporting

Sec 45-165. Application for interstate operations

Sec 45-166. Approval for appropriation of waters for generating electric energy

Article 6. Rights to Water

Sec 45-171. Effect of chapter on vested water rights

Sec 45-172. Transfer of water rights; application; limitations; required consent

Sec 45-173. Use of natural waterway to carry water of another or for other water projects; dispute over division of waters

Sec 45-174. Using bed of stream as carrier of reservoir waters

Sec 45-175. Chronological preference to water in times of scarcity

Sec 45-176. Transfer of water rights; water rights settlement; limitation; required consent

Article 7. Water Rights Registration

Sec 45-181. Definitions

Sec 45-182. Claim of right to withdraw, divert or use public waters; exception; administration by director of water resources

Sec 45-183. Contents of statement of claim; filing procedure; fee

Sec 45-184. Waiver and relinquishment of water right

Sec 45-185. Filing of claim not deemed adjudication of right; presumption; exemption

Sec 45-186. Water rights claims registry

Sec 45-187. No rights acquired by adverse use or adverse possession

Sec 45-188. Future rights acquired through appropriation; rights within service area of agricultural or municipal provider

Sec 45-189. Reversion of rights due to nonuse; notice; hearing; order; exception

Sec 45-190. Overstating claim; classification

Article 8. Reservoirs and Canals

Sec 45-201. Construction of canals; eminent domain

Sec 45-202. Opening fence without consent of owner; damages

Sec 45-203. Head gates; measuring devices required on canals and reservoirs

Sec 45-204. Prohibition on canal owner to contract to carry water in excess of capacity of canal

Sec 45-205. Failure of owner to clean canals and make repairs; lien for work done; release of lien; liability

Sec 45-206. Widening and extending lateral ditches; definition

Article 9. General Adjudication of Water Rights

Sec 45-251. Definitions

Sec 45-252. General adjudication; representation; superior court; assignment to judge; petition

Sec 45-253. Service of summons; statement of claimant form; record

Sec 45-254. Statement of claimant; filing; information to be included; verification; failure to file; fees

Sec 45-255. Appointment of master; compensation

Sec 45-256. Technical assistance of director; report

Sec 45-257. Hearings; report of master; final judgment by court; administration and enforcement of decree

Sec 45-258. Summary adjudication of de minimis water uses

Sec 45-259. Rules governing general adjudications

Sec 45-260. General adjudication fund

Sec 45-261. Presumption in favor of prior filings and decrees

Sec 45-262. Settlement of Indian claims; effect

Sec 45-263. State law applicable; public trust inapplicable

Sec 45-264. Joint legislative adjudication monitoring committee

Article 10. Registration of Stockponds

Sec 45-271. Definition of stockpond

Sec 45-272. Water rights in stockponds; priority

Sec 45-273. Claim of water right; penalty; fee

Sec 45-274. Notice of claims; protest; grounds; contents

Sec 45-275. Investigation, hearing and certification of claims

Sec 45-276. Statement of continuing use; revocation of certification

Article 11. Exportation of Water From This State

Sec 45-291. Definition of person

Sec 45-292. Approval required to transport water out of state; application; fee; criteria; hearing

Sec 45-293. Compliance monitoring, reports and notices; jurisdiction

Sec 45-294. Limited nonapplicability

Article 12. Water Conservation Plumbing Requirements

Sec 45-311. Definitions

Sec 45-312. Prohibited plumbing fixtures; residential construction

Sec 45-313. Prohibited plumbing fixtures; commercial, industrial and public construction

Sec 45-313.01. Water free urinals; state buildings

Sec 45-314. Labeling fixtures; violation

Sec 45-315. Waiver of requirements; unavailability; health or safety requirements

Sec 45-316. Violation; civil penalties

Sec 45-317. Inspections

Sec 45-318. Cease and desist order; hearing; injunctive relief

Sec 45-319. Exception; preemption

Sec 45-320. Rules

Article 13. Colorado River Water Use Fee

Sec 45-331. Definitions

Sec 45-332. Cooperation in lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program

Sec 45-333. Colorado river water use fee; purpose

Sec 45-334. Setting Colorado river water use fee

Sec 45-335. Payment of fee; penalty for delinquency

Article 14. Community Water System Planning and Reporting Requirements

Sec 45-341. Definitions

Sec 45-342. System water plan; components; exceptions

Sec 45-343. Records and annual report of water use; penalty

Article 15. Watershed Improvement Program

Sec 45-351. Watershed improvement program; purpose; projects; funding

Sec 45-352. Program administration; rules; project criteria; report

Sec 45-353. Program termination