Gunnison Presentation to IBCC 8-6-07 - Upper Gunnison

• Title: Gunnison River Basin: The View from the Top
• Date: 8/6/2007
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Presentations

Black Canyon
water right history - Part 2

. January 17,2001 - United States files Application to
quantify its decreed conditional water right.

. January through March, 2001 - 386 Statements of
Opposition filed in Water Court.

. April 2, 2003 - Colorado and United States Announce
Settlement Agreement
. Reserved water right for 300 c,f,s, year-round with 1933 priority,
. CWCB instream flow water right to provide peak and shoulder
flows with 2003 priority,

. September 2, 2003 - Environmental groups file action in U.
S. District Court to set aside April 2 Agreement.

. September 13, 2006 - Federal judge sets aside April 2
Agreement, remands the matter to National Park Service.