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1. The Water Court Applied the App�riate Beneficial Use Standard .. -14- <br />2. The Park Is a Beneficial Use Providing Substantial Economic Benefit -15- <br />3. The Water Court's Factual Finding of Reasonableness and Lack of Waste <br />Are Well Supported by the Evidence .......................... .16- <br />i. The Water Rights Are Reasonable In Terms of the Beneficial Use <br />Sought............ ............................... .16- <br />H. The Water Rights Are Also Reasonable In the Context of Gore <br />Creek and the Downstream Users ...................... .17- <br />4. Appellants' Arguments on Duty of Water Reasonableness Waste and <br />Subiectiveness Are Unsupported By Existing Law and Record Evidenod7- <br />i. No "Duty of Water" Theory Requires an Appropriator to Forego <br />Diversions that Are Applied to Beneficial Use ............ .18- <br />ii. There is Nothing `Subjective" about Maximizing <br />BeneficialUse . ...... ............................... .18- <br />iii. Reasonableness and Waste Require Are Determined on a Case by <br />Case Basis, Not Empirical Formulae and there Are No <br />Inconsistencies Between the District and Golden Decrees ... -19- <br />iv. Denying or Minimizing an Appropriation to Preserve Water for <br />Future Use Is a Concept Long Ago Rejected by This Court . -21- <br />V. The Park Provides the Ultimate in Maximum Utilization .... -22- <br />E. Northern's and the State's Concerns Re ardin-g Future Whitewater Parks Are <br />Inapplicable Here and Already Addressed by Senate Bill 216 ............ .22- <br />F. The District Has the Express and Implied Authority to Appropriate Recreational <br />Water Rights, Whether In- Channel or Out of Channel Directly or by Agreement <br />.............................. ............................... .24- <br />The Colorado Constitution and the 1969 Act Provide Broad Authority to <br />the District to Appropriate Water Rights ....................... .25- <br />2. The District Has Express Statutory Authorit to Acquire the Water Rights <br />atIssue .................. ............................... .26- <br />Sb1549 iii <br />