Case No. 01SA252 Amici Curiae Brief of Colorado Springs Utilities February 2002

• Description: Case No. 01SA252 Amici Curiae Brief of Colorado Springs Utilities February 2002
• State: CO
• Date: 2/7/2002
• Author: Pifher, Mark T.; Sinor, Doglas; Miller, Lee E.
• Title: Case No. 01SA252 Amici Curiae Brief of Colorado Springs Utilities February 2002
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

I. ISSUES PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 2
11. STATEMENT OF THE CASE 2
III. SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT 3
IV. AGRUMENT ............ 1 4
A. INTRODUCTION 4
B. GOLDEN FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE "CONTROL" OF THE WATER ... 6
C. AN EXPANSIVE READING OF THE "CONTROL" AND BENEFICIAL USE
REQUIREMENTS WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS, .. 8
1. Stateline Impacts ...................................... 9
2. Impact on Exchanges .................................. 10
3. Similar "Instream" Use Decrees Could be Obtained .......... 11
4. Additional "Non-Commercial" Filings Can be Anticipated .... 12
D. RECOGNITION OF THE DECREE WOULD UNDERMINE THE
DOCTRINE OF MAXIMUM BENEFICIAL USE ....................... 13
1. The Amount is Not Reasonable and Appropriate ............ 14
2. There is No Evidence That the Claimed Appropriation
Employed Reasonably Efficient Practices .................. 15
3. There is No Evidence That the Appropriation Was
Accomplished Without Waste ........................... 17
V. CONCLUSION ........................... .............................19
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