Pueblo’s water judge sees no crunch of cases and little need to tinker with a system of solving water disputes that he sees as working well. “I’m not of the opinion that there’s a lot to be fixed,” Chief District Judge Dennis Maes said in an interview last week. Maes was asked to respond to suggestions made last month by former Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis to the Legislature’s Water Resources Review Committee. Kourlis presented findings of a South Platte Task Force and Water Futures Panel, two groups that are looking at water crises in the South Platte.

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