9351

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9351
• Author: Hobbs, G.
• Title: Water For Recreation, Water Quality, and Wetlands".
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

illustrative of public policy considerations which (1) evidence
that the Colorado courts are taking environmental considerations
into account in reaching their decisions, and (2) demonstrate
that the natural flow, riparian, and public trust doctrines are
not applicable to Colorado water allocation determinations.
Disallowed Uses of Water
1. Appropriation and Use of Instream Flows to Dilute
Pollution, such as Municipal sewage, mining and
milling waste and fish hatchery wastes
Mack v. Town of Craia,
68 Colo. 337, 341-342, 191 P. 10I, 102 (1920)
Suffolk Gold Mininq & Milling Co. v. San Miguel
Consol. Mining and Milling Co.,
9 Colo. App. 407, 418, 48 P. 828, 832 (1897)
Humphreys Tunnel and Mining Co. v. Frank,
46 Colo. 524, 531-532, 105 P. 1093, 1096 (1909)
Wilmore v. Chain of Mines,
96 Colo. 319, 325, 44 P.2d 1024 (1934)
Farmers Irrigation Co. v. Game and Fish Comm'n,
149 Colo. 318, 323-324, 369 P.2d 557, 560 (1962)
2. Alteration of Environment, Such As Dry-Up of
Wetlands and Cutting of Trees, as Means of Making
Water Available Free of River Call
R.J.A., Inc. v. Water Users Assn of Dist. No. 6.,
690 P.2d 823, 828 (Colo. 1984)
Giffen v. State,
690 P.2d 1244, 1247 (Colo. 1984)
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. v.
Shelton Farms, Inc.,
187 Colo. 181, 191, 529 P.2d 1321, 1327 (1974)
3. Doctrine of .Continuous Flow, Riparian Water Law,
Public Trust Doctrine
Coffin V . Left Hand Ditch Co . ,
6 Colo. 443, 447 (1882)
Sternber er v. eato i 'n o ,
45 Colo. 401, 102 P. 168 (1909)
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