Appendix A: CWCB Rules

• Description: Durango RICD
• State: CO
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Water Division: 7
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Author: CWCB
• Title: Appendix A: CWCB Rules
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

iv. Whether a reasonable and efficient means is to be utilized to use, divert, capture
and control the water for a RICD so as to minimize its call upon the river and
avoid waste;
V. Whether a reasonable demand exists for the recreational activity in question as
determined by levels of current use and/or estimates of future use
vi. Whether the application has appropriate limitations upon the time of day, days per
month, or seasons during which the RICD would be exercised;
vii. The depth and flow rate of the proposed RICD;
viii. With what frequency and duration, and from what sources. the requested amounts
of water for the RICD occur;
ix. The economic effects of the proposed RICD•,
X. The environmental effects of the proposed RICD;
Xi. The relationship of the requested RICD flow rates to the historic appropriated and
unappropriated flow rates for each time period requested;
M. The effect of the RICD on other potential uses of water;
xiii. Whether the application as a whole meets the elements of the definition of a
RICD, as found in section 37- 92- 103(10.3);
xiv. Whether the RICD would conserve and efficiently use the available stream flow,
thereby promoting maximum utilization of Colorado's water resources;
xv. Whether the RICD will make the river basin water critical and describe the
resulting impact on existing water rights and users;
xvi. Whether the RICD may work together with existing and /or future uses within the
State of Colorado to promote maximum utilization;
xvii. Any provision in the application for reducing or canceling the RICD;
xviii. A description of each recreational opportunity sought by the applicant at each
flow amount sought, and why the flow amount is the minimum amount for each
reasonable recreation experience sought;
xix. The historic frequency and flow rates of imported water and reservoir releases
through the proposed RICD reach, and whether such flows will be necessary to
meet the flow rates claimed for the proposed RICD; and,
xx. Whether, and to what extent, unappropriated native flows exist in the proposed
RICD stream reach during the periods claimed, and the percentage of
unappropriated flows claimed by the RICD.
f. Pursuant to section 37.92- 102(6)(b)(VI), an additional factor that is appropriate
for evaluation of RICD applications is whether the application meets the elements of the
definition of a RICD as found in section 37 -92- 103(10.3). This requires the amount
claimed to be the "minimum stream flow" and that it be for a "reasonable recreation
experience." The board should consider whether the requested RICD physical control
structures divert, capture, control and place to beneficial use the water claimed.
9, Additional Information
Because section 37- 92- 102(6)(b), C.R.S. requires the board to report its findings within 90 days
after the closing date for the filing of statements of opposition, an applicant may elect to provide
additional information at the time it submits its application to the board. The following types of
information would assist the board in making its findings and recommendation: