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<br />Black Canyon of the Gunnison <br />National Park <br />water right history - Part 1 <br /> <br />. 1971 - United States files Application for <br />"confirmation of its water rights" for Black <br />Canyon National Monument. <br />Case No. W-437, Water Division No.4. <br />. 1979 - Water court decrees conditional <br />water right to the Monument, March 2, <br />1933 priority - not quantified. <br />. 1982 - On appeal, Colorado Supreme Court <br />affirms water court decree (United States v. <br />Denver, 656 P. 2d 1 (Colo. 1982)). <br />