6-02CW106 Elkhead Res enlgmt Decree

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Utstrlct Colin, Vs'w r Div Colorado Case No. 02CW106; Application of: Colorado River Water Conservation District and its Colorado River Water Projects Enterprise, in Routt and Moffat Counties, Colorado Decree of the Water Court Pago4 of7 water line will be approximately 760 acres. a. Maximum Height of the Dam: The darn crest will be at an elevation of approximately 6,403 feet above mean sea level. The height of the darn will be approximately 110 feet. b. Length of the Darn in Feel: The Iength of the dam will be approximately 1,400 feet. 7. Date of the Appropriation: The date of appropriation is October 16, 2002. 8. Initiation of Appropriation: The conditional storage right was initiated by the River District's formation of intent to appropriate water as evidenced by the River District's formal resolution, purchase of real property, recordation of deeds, field surveys, participation in public meetings and other acts in furtherance of the appropriation. 9. Use: The water will be used for municipal, commercial, industrial, domestic, irrigation, livestock, hydro - power production, evaporation, :II rtTtirtatinn, exch ange. replacement, power generation and cooling, wastewater treatment, piscatorial and recreational (including in- reservoir and in -river fish habitat and river flow maintenance and enhancement uses, and uses in furtherance of the Upper Colorado River Basin Fishes Recovery Program) with the right to reuse and successively use the water to extinction. 10. Notice of Use: To the extent reasonably feasible, the River District shall notify the Division Engineer's office ofthe amount and delivery point of releases herein decreed prior to release. 11. Can and Will: The Court finds that the conditional water storage right can and will be diverted, stored, captured, possessed and controlled and will be beneficially used for the claimed purposes, and that the reservoir enlargement project can and will be completed with diligence within a reasonable time.