WSP10758

• File Number: 7630.225
• Description: Wild and Scenic-Elk River
• State: CO
• Date: 3/29/1974
• Title: Elk W and S Study-Hinman Park Res-Miscellaneous Court Documents-March 1974-September 1979
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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FILED Vv:ATE;R COURT
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DISTRICI' COURT IN AND roR WATER DIVI~Tfi:P.F' lj:CUlRACQ
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) APPLICATION FOR ~RENNIAL
( FINDING OF REASONABLE
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TRIBUrARY IN\Tor.; ) I

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1. Je app' 'cant's naIre is Public. Service Carpany of Col0~aaJ,' a Cole-.
raOO Co~ation,' whose post office address is P.O. Box 840, I:Jel!Iva,L, Colo- I
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2. '!he of the structure which is th2 subject matter of ills Ap-
plication ts as ollaws: II i

Hi.nrran ' ark Reservoir which water right is a CXlndi tiohal I,
ore, ha: . g a priority nunber of 50.5, with a priori tii ' '
&te of' August 4, 1964. 'Il1e water source for said Reservthr
is the ' lk River and the small strearrs tributary thereto. :

3. Je wa r rights for the use and operation of the ~ JcU:k
Reservoir are to. be utilized in connection with a total projec~1 whidl also
involves the wa r rights conditionally decreed to the Saddle M::l\JI1tain Purtp
Stations (p=io ty N::l. 50.SA and with a priority date of AUgus'i:. 4; 1964), I
and the follON' . recitations pertain to woJ:k on the total proj~, since ~
everything I that . been clone has a direct relationship to 1:lc:Jth1 of : said I
conditional wa decrees. The efforts and costs eJq?ellded by aPPlicant, '
as surmari.~ed be' ON, all occurred subsequent to Septeni:ler 30, ]974) 'unless:
otherwise noted lON: II i :
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A. In, pteni:ler, 1974, a field inspection was made b~lval-iOUS ~
sonnel of ~li t who visited and examined the area where applicant plans!
to const.ruct its reservoir and purrping stations. The purpose df this in- I
spection was to e a preliminary invirormental analysis and shch:was can-:
pleted andirepo on in Noverrber, 1974. This entailed a tota'i1. eXpenditure
by applicant of . 621.49. In August of 1976, pursuant to a contract beo.>een:
applicant lmd tics, Envirormental Consultants of 9025 'East Kenyon !
A~ue, oehver,' 10raclo, representatives of this Corrpany cond~ a pre- :
liminarly fx:>tarrd ogical survey of the area earlier inspected b~lawlicant'sl '
personnel iIDd y rendered a report thereon the sane lIOnth. This: report I
analyzes the bid ogy of the rivers and st.rean5 in the area, thEi"types of fish
and insectllife : iting said river and st.rean5 or the areas i~jaoent thek-
to, expectkd Pnl .pitation in the general area, bacterial and ~cal analysis
of the watkrs f '5rious sanpling points in the area, and re:Late;l studies.
'Il1e obviou\; P 'se for all of the foregoing was to have this Vital information
available ks ba ground data for envirormental authorities who r& have or nhy
have jurisllictioh - over the area at such tine as applicant desiIes to obtaiIl
the neces~ pepm.ts to construct its project. Further stum.es neoo to be'
undertaked in t1W areas just outlined. A total of approximate+y $920.00 waS

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enployees 'and resentatives of applicant, it was deteJ:mined ihat~ an archa:eo-
logical study s uld be made on the premises where the reservo:iJr apd purrp :
stations cIre pl to be built. '!his was particularly iIcpor1!ant , ' I
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WATER RWlURCIS
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S'lWl'E OF COlDRAOO

CASE ro. w-62l-78

IN TIlE MATl'ER OF
roR WATER RIGHTS
ClM'ANY OF ICOlD
CORProATION IN
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iE APPLICATION
F PUBLIC SERVICE
, A COlDRAOO
YAMPA RIVER

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