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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />I. STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES ........... ............................... .1- <br />II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE ............. ............................... .1- <br />III. STATEMENT OF THE FACTS ............ ............................... .2- <br />A. Vail Intended to Develop a World Class Whitewater Park ................ .2- <br />B. The Park's Structures Were Designed and Constructed to Be Optimal at 400 c.f.s. <br />............................... ............................... .3- <br />C. The Structures Control Flows to Create the Intended Whitewater Features ... -4- <br />D. The Amount of Beneficial Use is Directly Correlated to the Amount of Diversion <br />............................... ............................... .5- <br />E. Water is Available for Appropriation . ............................... .5- <br />F. The Water Court Granted Conditional Water Riizhts for the Park ........... .6- <br />IV. SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT ........ ............................... .6- <br />V. ARGUMENT ............................ ............................... .8- <br />A. The Water Court's Factual Findings are Entitled to Substantial Deference ... -8- <br />B. The District Met the Legal Requirements to Obtain Conditional Water Rights -8- <br />C. The Park Structures Control Water in the Channel as Required for an <br />Appropriation .................. ............................... .10- <br />1. "Diversion" May Occur by In- Channel Control of Water and Control <br />Occurs When Structures Function as Designed .................. .11- <br />2. Undisputed Evidence Supports the Water Court's Factual Finding of <br />Control.................. ............................... .12- <br />3. The State and Northern's Arguments Ignore Undisputed Facts and Law <br />........................ ............................... .13- <br />D. The Amounts Decreed Are Reasonable .............................. .14- <br />Sb1549 ii <br />