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<br />vu~ lL VL InJ. J.1"'1'- <br /> <br />VV'll\l\ 1 <br /> <br />rnn n~ ~tU~~110~O <br /> <br />l'. lU <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />000630 <br /> <br />.:'Wbat are..:(the"',Sl?eC~f.iq., tli ff.erences .:;;l.I?-d .'~lmi- <br />"'larj.ti~!('b~t~e.f3.n ~~.~~...:t'v'f.o..c4teqories or <br />. . ~trans'f'er'i:f;: ::.:':l<ll. ::::ter~s .:;:;r.it ".the.' ';issues" outli~~d <br />.,!h~re? ::' <Are.:::.the" :d'i:fference'S .snff icient .. to: <br />....: 'jn~rit ':':cfi"f'f~~en=t:: :':"6il~' 'appr()ache'S? ::- '" .:...:. <br />. . .... ,L. ',:. .:':. .." >.: :::':.:'::'~::'~::\ ;::'::'::::,::~::::.:,:,,:.;~ ','. '.: .. . ':'. . .:~.".: . .' ,."....~. <br />. . '. :.:!iif 9~attCi~>;n-e~(i~ f ':'Wa:~er right btil'a~r'~'.>~iid <br />:use 'ot' ..':the:":'water., .':.':pr'1ori ty at use' ::.a'1cng:'. a.: <br />'river~ 'historical use and changes'that'have <br />:oc;:cl,1r.re~":.p.ver. time. ':holders of cQn~'it'i;"Q:ha:l'. <br />rights and proposed water use, ~p~a~es.' ~:m <br />c?-anges' ,i~ use a:n4"".~w.;tl~~~!p". 'a~?~~t 'of <br />'u~appr9P;r;ia1;e~. .:\'fa~~;- !....:h1~~O~ of" ~~~ual. . <br />..' ...~~y~~~~~.~.~;~X~;;~.:q~(;.~~~.\9,~~~)~e~~gni\~~~~.:; +~,~.f~'9ht, <br />'.:' : and.. ~C;CmQ1Il1c.:.':;v:alueS:::Of. . water:. "ove.r ::tl.m~>~:.l th <br />__~_..!:r.::j :ct.:io:p$ ~:::'- :. ..' ':'.' .:. . :'" .' .____., . .. . '.' _ ~_~ _ <br /> <br />~~+-~JllCTION OF T~E W~~~ COUR~ <br /> <br />Approval of a change in a water right in Colorado has to be <br />2rocessed through the water courts -- most other western states <br />initiate such change's tn:rou9h""'Ern' aamln'lstra-cive' procedure, using <br />the courts as a forum for appea1. "Thus, development of <br />information regarding impacts of a transfer of water from one <br />b~sip to ~nother Colorado is structured within a legal context - <br />data/evidence supporting one side versus data/evidence supporting <br />the opposing side. Often such a presentation of the issues and <br />supporting data/opinion regarding a proposed water transfer is <br />not readily available nor easily understood by the public and <br />~ater managers in public service. <br /> <br />As stated above, in consideration of an application to the <br />water court to change any of the conditions of a water right, the <br />~ole issue of juriSdiction to the ~ater oourt is property rights <br />and the only effects on other parties that the water court may <br />consider are the effects of the proposed change on other water <br />riqht holders. <br /> <br />Limitations? <br /> <br />A complaint often heard regarding the Colorado courts is the <br />cost to applicants and obj~cto~s of participation in the system. <br />Each side in a contested application must provide the court with <br />its own expert evidence, re~irinq each side to hire its own <br />engineers, hydrologists,' etc." ""und.er' t:h!s sys~em, the addition of <br />issues to be considered by the water court, beyond property <br />rights, would require the hiring of additional experts by each <br />side in a case: economists, sociologists, eCOlogists. This would <br /> <br />7 <br />