BOARDSEP03

• Board Meeting Date: 9/22/2003
• Description: Petition to Enforce the Provisions of the Blue River Decree
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Other

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subsequent orders, judgments, and decrees entered in these Consolidated Cases
(collectively, the '"Blue River Decree").

2. Petitioner Colorado River Water Conservation District ("River District") is a
political subdivision of the State of Colorado formed and existing pursuant to
Colo. Rev. Stat. ~ 37-46-101, et seq. The River District was formed for the
purpose of the conservation, use, and development of the water resources of the
Colorado River and its principal tributaries for the benefit of all the inhabitants
of the District. The River District is also charged with safeguarding Colorado's
entitlement to water under the Colorado River Compact. The River District's
boundaries encompass Grand, Garfield, Pitkin, Eagle, Delta, Gunnison, Mesa,
Moffat, Ouray, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Summit Counties, and portions of
Hinsdale, Saguache, and Montrose Counties.

3. Petitioner River District and a substantial number of inhabitants within the
boundaries of the River District are beneficiaries of the C-BT Project. The River
District also is a representative of West Slope water users that are beneficiaries
ofthe Blue River Decree and of Senate Document No. 80.

4. Petitioner Grand Valley Water Users Association ("Association") operates the
Grand Valley Proj ect under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation. That
project delivers irrigation water supply from the Colorado River to approxi-
mately 23,341 acres ofland in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Colorado. The
Association provides such supply to beneficiaries ofthe Blue River Decree and
Senate Document 80.

5. Petitioner Orchard Mesa Irrigation District C"OMID") is an irrigation district
organized and operating under Colorado state law, which delivers irrigation
water supply from the Colorado River to approximately 9,200 acres ofland in the
vicinity of Grand Junction, Colorado. OMID provides such supply to
beneficiaries of the Blue River Decree and Senate Document 80.

6. Petitioner Palisade Irrigation District ("PID") is an irrigation district organized
and operating under Colorado state law, which delivers irrigation water supply
from the Colorado River to approximately 3,640 acres ofland in the vicinity of
Palisade, Colorado. PID provides such supply to beneficiaries of the Blue River
Decree and Senate Document 80.

7. Petitioner Middle Park Water Conservancy District ('"Middle Park") is a political
subdivision of the State of Colorado formed in 1950 and existing pursuant to
Colo. Rev. Stat. ~ 37-45-101, et seq., which includes the entirety of Grand and
Summit Counties where all of the West Slope components of the C-BT Project
are located. Middle Park has participated in these Consolidated Cases since
1963.

8. Petitioner Grand Valley Irrigation Company C"GVIC") is a mutual ditch company
organized and operating under Colorado state law which owns decrees that

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