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Uppep Gcrnnison River Wate? Conservancy District <br />02CW0.38 <br />15. Ihe adjudication and administration of the water right decreed herein will not impair the <br />ability of Colorado to fiilly develop and place; to consumptive beneficial use its compact <br />entitlements.. C.R..S. § 37-92-102(6)(b)(I) <br />16. I he reach of the Gunnison Rivez in which the Gunnison River Whitewater Couise is located <br />is an appropziate reach of sts-eam for the intend.ed use.. C.R.S § 37-92-102(6)(b)(II). <br />17. There is access to the Gunnison River Whitewater Course for recreational in-channel use <br />C R.S. § 37-92-102(6)(b)(lII).. <br />18 Ihere are no existing decreed instream flow water rights uz the reach of the Gunnison River <br />Whitewater Park, or any affected downstream reach ofthe Gunnison Kiver,. Exercise of the <br />watei iights decreed herein will not cause material injury to any CWCB insfream flow water <br />rights. C R.S. § 37-92-102(6)(b)(N).. <br />19 Ihe adjudication and administration of the water rights decreed herein, subject to the <br />conditions of'this decree, will promote maxirnum utilization of'the wateis of' the state <br />CRS. § 37-92-142(6)(b)(V). The watex zights decteed heiein for the Gunnison River <br />Whitewatec Course conserve and ef'ficiently use the available Gunnision River flow, thereb,y <br />promoting maYimum utilization. CWCB v.. Upver, Gcinnison, 149 P3d at 595. <br />20 Ihe water rights deczeed herein should be able to be adequately measured and administered <br />tYuough the proposed reach by using the U S..G.S. Gunnison River at Gunnison gage and <br />accounting foz intervening diversions betwee;n that gage and the whitewater• course.. <br />Nevertheless, applicant shall install such otliet adequate measi.uing devices as znay <br />xeasonably be required by the Division Engineec. <br />21 Watez is available for- the claimed appzopiiation Board of County Commas s ioner.s of County <br />of Arapahoe v U.S, 891 P 2d 952, 962 (Colo. ].995) <br />22. The waters claimed by applicant can be and will be diverted, of otherwise captured, <br />possessed, and conti-olled and will be beneficially used and the project can and wilt be <br />completed with diligence and within a reasonable time. C..R S. § 37-92-305(9)(b). <br />12/21 /OS -8-