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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 5 <br />COLORADO <br />109 8 t ' Street, Suite 104 <br />Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 <br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER <br />RIGHTS OF THE EAGLE RIVER WATER AND <br />SANITATION DISTRICT, <br />IN EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO. <br />AND <br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER <br />RIGHTS OF THE TOWN OF BRECKENRIDGE, <br />COURT USE ONLY <br />IN SUMMIT COUNTY, COLORADO. <br />Ken Salazar, Attorney General <br />Case Numbers: OOCW259 and <br />John Cyran, #23144, Assistant Attorney General* <br />OOCW281 <br />Susan J. Schneider, #19961, Assistant Attorney General* <br />Division: 5 <br />Shana Smilovits, #32186, Assistant Attorney General * <br />1525 Sherman Street, 5 th Floor <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />(303) 866 -5046 <br />(303) 866 -5358 <br />*Counsel of Record <br />TRIAL BRIEF <br />Objectors the State and Division Engineers (the "State Engineers ") and the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (the "CWCB "), through their undersigned counsel, <br />hereby submit this Trial Brief. <br />INTRODUCTION <br />These matters involve applications by the Town of Breckenridge and the Eagle <br />Water and Sanitation District (the "applicants ") for water rights for whitewater courses. <br />These applications claim rights for seven months in amounts equal to essentially the <br />entire hydrograph for the Blue River and Gore Creek. <br />The State Engineers and the CWCB (collectively, the "State ") oppose the applications <br />because the applications do not meet two basic requirements of Colorado water law. First, the <br />