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, . _ _ • _ ___ <br />' Kerreatiunal 1n Chonnel llivcrsion Lcgaislation Talking YuintS <br />Quic:k Facts- <br />• Yrovi<lcs 1'01- an in-rhannci recreational water right that can he <br />aPprupriat.cci h; Local Guvernments <br />• I'ruvicics f'Mr chc Colorado Watzr Ccroservarion Board to pnornulgat.c rules <br />for m;iking written !i»dingti t.o Watcr Court regarding: <br />? I)rotcCtiotl ofColoradu's interstatc compact emitlemenls <br />? Rcvicw of land ownership ancl prOtcctiOli of property rights <br />?/1ppnopriitte titrcain ?-cach for the intended use <br />? I'rolrct.ion of instream resources and values <br />? 1)ctcrmination of maximum utilizaticm of watcrs of tliz statc set f'orth <br />in 37-92•• I U2(1)(a) <br />• C;r:?nc91'athers all applicacions for which a water c.uurt h:is held a hearing <br />.ind ihc timc tior suhmiiting c;videncc has passed <br />• I=urtiicr clcf ncs "ve11etICi11 USe" ilfld "dIVCISl011" OI "d1Vefl" to include in- <br />chiinncl clivcrsic>ns <br />• ln•-ch:unnr.l divcrsions arc tiefined as rninimwn or Maximurii strcam 11ows <br />rlivcrted and Placcci to a bcncficial use, for recreation in-chaiinel use, in <br />nr on thc watcr <br />• Proviclcs I?>r a 1.7c Novo review by thc. Watcr Court on the yuc;stion of <br />iiijury (t) water rights of others <br />• As in thc; currcnl Inslrcam F-low Statute, Prohihits the use of exitit.ing <br />cunclitiunal water rights for in-rhannel diversion <br />RackLruund-In 1992, lhc Colurac3o Supreme Court held that entities, othcr <br />? th:iil 1,7C Colorado Watcr Conservation Doarci (14GWCt3"), may obtain a <br />water right. I*()r a flow within a stream channel af ihe entity controls the watcr <br />lu servc thc intcncicd purpose. <br />nftcr that rulirig., F«rt Callins obtained a dec:ree tor a conditional watcr righl <br />tiM 30 ct.s in ihe suinmer and S c:!'s in the winter for a hoat chute loe<<teci on <br />thc Cartic I.u Poudre River. <br />AI'tc;r For( Cullins, there wati another modest decree cntercd for the C,ity-of <br />Littlecun ti)r- 100 cf's f'or its kayaking course on ihe South Platte IZiver. <br />ln 1998, thc. C'ity of GoliJen applicd for an appnopriation of'up ta lUUU cf's <br />I*(-)r Ilows in ('Iear Crcck. Essentially, C3oldcn's applic?ition is f'or all of thc <br />av,?ilah)c 11ow in Cizar C~rc;ek. lt is a water ri,,ht that wotild oreral.e 24 hours <br />a ciay, 365 ciays a year.