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• Board Meeting Date: 9/19/2006
• Description: Publication - The Water Report - Colorado Whitewater Courses and Water Rights
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Issue #30

CHV Case Number Jan Feb Mar Aor Mav Jun Jul Aua SeD Oct Nov Dec
Fort eoltins 86CW37I. di~ I
Application 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55
Decree 5 5 5 5 30 30 30 30 5 5 5 5
Hisloric Dailv Streamflow 15, 15 16 46 213 425 112 37 19 18 14 12
Littleton 94CW273. di~ I
App/ication 100 ldO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Decree 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Historic DailY Streamflow 8 12 22 65 174 188 150 93 21 10 19 8
Golden 98CW448.di~ I
Application 101 75 96 255 1000 1000 1000 559 251 143 103 70
Decree 70 70 70 255 1000 1000 1000 559 251 143 103 70
Historic Dailv Streamflow 23 22 23 39 162 378 223 104 63 44 32 28
Vail OOCW2S9, di~ 5
Application 54 221 400 400 400 218 67 48 31
Decree 54 227 400 400 400 218 61 48
Historic Dailv Streamflow 8' 8 11 32 188 218 53 20 17 15 11 9
Breckenridge OOCW281. di~ 5 .
Application 39 281 524 343 205 82 51 27
Decree 39 281 500 343 205 82 51
Historic DailY Streamflow 3 3 2 5 29 56 40 21 12 10 7 5
Aspen OOCW284, div 5
Application 270 350 33
Decree 210 350 33
Historic DailY Stream1Iow 13 12 13 24 98 198 92 33 24 21 17 14
Longmant 01CW275. div I
Application 68 72 95 291 785 1020 309 327 204 133 104 92
Decree 50 50 350 350 150 100 100 50
Historic DailY streamflow 0 2 2 8 33 69 9 5 5 3 2 0
Pueblo OICWI60,div 2
Application 100 100 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 100
Decree 100 100 250 400 500 500 500 450 300 250 200 100
Historic Daily Streamflow 47 60 139 249 525 990 648 395 149 108 95 50
Gunnison 02CW038. div 4
Application 1190 1500 1100 460 300
Decree 875 1200 915 400 300
Historic DailY Streamflow 108 103 128 303 908 1227 631 368 269 200 149 119
Steamboat Springs 03CW086, div 6
Application 500 1200 1700 300 120 120 120
Decree 400 1000 1400 250 95
Historic DailY Streamflow 51 52 84 328 885 898 180 75 55 88 64 53
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Silverthorne 04CW217, div 5
Application 100 100 100 100 100
Historic DailY Streamflow 39 _ 39 41 63 156 351 209 119 79 81 49 43
Salida 04CW129. div 2
Application 250 250 250 250 1800 1800 700 700 250 250 250 250
HistoriC DallY Streamflow 178 114 168 193 515 1024 708 430 242 202 208 190
Avon OSCW2S8, di~ 5
Application 200 350 350 350 200
Historic DailY Streamflow 30 28 37 115 574 756 295 110 68 54 40 32
Durango 06CWOO9, div 7
Application 185 185 250 850 1250 1400 900 400 300 185 185 185
Historic DailY Streamflow 102 104 150 424 1159 1415 595 290 230 205 144 112
Carbondale 06CW071. div S
Application 230 230 230 390 1160 1600 970 340 310 310 250 250
Historic Daily Streamllow 119 109 97 170 443 716 410 250 210 186 140 124
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The Water Report

Water Rights for Colorado Whitewater Courses (cubic feet per second) *

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rights to divert during peak spring runoff or extensive rainstonns, in order to satisfy the senior (earlier in
priority date) water rights.
The consternation of the upstream opposition is their perception that, since Colorado administers
water in accordance the Doctrine of Prior Appropriation (priority system) there will be little. if any, water
available for future development upstream of a whitewater course because the exercise of an RICO water
right will require delivery of all remaining water in the stream through the course from early spring until
late autumn. Concerns continue over the potential loss of economic value and land use development by
those opposed to the adjudication of recreational in-channel water rights, but contractual stipulations
~veen the proponents and opposition of the rights have dealt with those concerns in several previous
. court cases. Examples of such stipulations can usually be found in the adjudication case tiles with the
water court For instance, RICDs for both the City of Golden (Case No. 98CW448 in Water Division I)
and the City of Steamboat Springs (Case No. 2003CW86 in Water Division 6) involved stipulations with
many opposing parties.

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