This position analyzes applications for well permits and approves or denies them or returns them to the applicant with necessary explanations; reviews water court cases and prepares determinations of facts; reviews requests for approval of substitute water supply plans; evaluates applications for determinations of water rights, replacement plans, and changes of water rights within the Designated Basins; reviews submittals from County planning departments and other State and Federal agencies for technical or legal issues; provides support to the State Engineer, Division Engineer, and Colorado Ground Water Commission on matters within the South Platte River Basin inside of the Denver Basin; and consults, assists, advises, and confers with water users and/or their attorneys and engineers. The work unit is responsible for conducting the engineering studies and analyses needed to support the decisions of the State Engineer, the Division Engineers, and the Colorado Ground Water Commission in administering water in the following areas: issuing well permits, subdivision water supply plan reviews, Determinations of Water Rights, replacement plans, changes of water rights, Water Court resume reviews, substitute water supply plan evaluations, inter-state water compact administration, hearings, water court case negotiations and trials, and public assistance for the northeastern portion of the state.