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Consent Agenda Item l .d <br />Case No. 7-08CW049: Application of El Dorado Ranch, LLC <br />Application Summary <br />This is an application for change of water rights in La Plata County, approximately 8 miles <br />northeast of Durango. The Applicant seeks to move the point of diversion for its interest in the <br />Abling Cash Ditch upstream by approximately 1500 feet to the headgate of Prescott Southside <br />Ditch. The Applicant's water rights were historically used to irrigate lands on the north side of <br />the Florida River, but through this application, the Applicant proposes to irrigate lands on the <br />south side of the River. The application does not specify the number of acres currently irrigated <br />or proposed to be irrigated under this change, and no information has been provided regarding <br />the historical consumptive use of these water rights. <br />CVVCB Appropriation <br />The CVUCB holds the following instream flow water rights that could be injured by this <br />application: <br />CWCB StreamlLake Amount Approp. watershed Coun <br />~ <br />Case No. cfs Date <br />7-77~V 1763 Florida River 7114 1 / 19177 Animas River La Plata <br />7-77W 1764 Florida River 12/20 1 / 19177 Animas River La Plata <br />Potential for Injury <br />The Applicant's proposed change of use and point of diversion may injure the Board's instream <br />flow water rights on the Florida River by potentially causing an expansion of use and changing <br />the irrigation return flow pattern. <br />Other Objectors <br />A Statement of Opposition was also filed by the City of Durango. <br />