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l/ The introductory material on irrigation history was pre- <br />pared by former Special Assistant Attorney General Donald H. Ham- <br />burg. <br />2/ See A Hundred Years of Irrigation in Colorado, 1852-1952, <br />published by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1952. <br />3/ Hall v. Kuiper, 181 Colo. 130, 510 P.2d 329 (1973); Kuiper <br />v. Lundvall, 187 Colo. 40, 529 P.2d 1328 (1975); District 10 Wa- <br />ter Users v. Barnett, 198 Colo. 291, 599 P.2d 894 (1979); C.R.S. <br />1973, 37-92-103 F1-3 T_. As the above cases show, the Colorado Su- <br />preme Court found that water the withdrawal of which takes over <br />100 years to affect the stream is nontributary. The Court also <br />found that water the withdrawal of which will affect the stream <br />within 40 years is tributary. The time period between 40 and 100 <br />years was not addressed. <br />4/ Section 37-90-103(10.5), C.R.S. (1985 Supp.). <br />5/ See Whitten v. Coit, 153 Colo. 157, 385 P.2d 131 (1963). <br />6/ Section 37-90-137(4), C.R.S. (1973). <br />7/ State De 't of Natural Resources v. Southwestern Colo. Wa- <br />ter Conservation Dist., 671 P.2d 1294 Colo. 1983 , cert. denied, <br />U.S. (1984). <br />8/ Safranek v. Limon, 123 Colo. 330, 228 P.2d 975, 977 (1951); <br />see, In re German Ditch & Reservoir Co., 56 Colo. 252, 271, 139 <br />P.2d 9 (1914). <br />9/ Safranek v. Limon, supra n. 8; Comrie v. Sweet, 75 Colo. <br />199, 225 P. 214 (192-4T-. <br />10/ Hall v. Kuiper, supra, n. 3. <br />11/ Cache La Poudre Water Users Ass'n. v. Glacier View Meadows, <br />191 Colo. 53, 550 P.2d 228 1976 ; Kelley Ranch v. Southeastern <br />Colorado Water Conservancy District, 191 Colo. 65, 550 P.2d 297 <br />(1976). <br />12/ Section 37-92-103(9), C.R.S. (1973). <br />13/ Town of Sterlin v. Pawnee Ditch Extension Company, 42 <br />Colo. 421, 94 P. 339 (1908); Nevius v. Smith, 86 Colo. 178, 279 <br />-30-