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Q Is recreation recognized as:a.beneficial, use of water in. Co-lorado?' . . , <br />. A Yes, it is•. . . <br />Q'. Are you familiar with decrees which:list ? <br />recre4tion.as a benef?icial use?. <br />A Yes. ' : :I think there is 'quite a f,ew: : . Q Are you familiar with the concept of duty of water? ' . . : .-.A . Yes... L. : QAnd based..on. your experi.erice, what is' the. <br />application.. of that-: concept; of duty of water? ,- . <br />A My unders.tanclirig of the concept of.duty of . <br />water, it originated early in the s.tate' s history. -?w:hen : <br />there were.either not very many engineers available,: or <br />they didn't know very much about crop consumptive use. <br />The first.inst.ances that I'm aware of where.the:concept.of _duty.of water:is entered are i:n agricultural decrees <br />where th.e, duty of wat'er is stated at one cfs- pe.r 40 ?. <br />acre.s of i.rrigated land, or one cfs per 80.... You c'an ..: ` <br />find inst.ances of one cfs per 50. ' There was.:no , . <br />consistency across the state, but the courtsfelt, in. <br />my opinion, t.he ne'cessity to limit people to a. .certain . amount of water riecessary to perform the irrigation <br />function tha_t they iaere seeking to do.. y <br />You.can find?references to dut?of water