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Upper Gunnison .River Water Con s€ iv ncy district <br />Ok#1l38 <br />The Corot has exclusive juiisdiction over the subject mattcr' of'this proccedingpursuant to <br />C R.S ; § 37 -91 -203; and tai a alt persol s or� entities affected hereby, �vitetlrei they tr 9 e <br />appeared or stag. <br />10 The District, a water conservancy district, is an entity designated by S 216, 2001 Colo <br />Ness, Laws 118'7 -1 188 (hereinafter "S B 216 "), as entitled to appropriate anRICD C R.S. <br />§ 37- 92- 103(4) and (10 3) , <br />l l applicant has effecte4 an appropriation of water, by derr onstr ating a Specific plan and intent <br />to divert the clairrred amounts of water at the claimed time periods and to apply such water <br />Lo beneficial use. Specifically, the Gunnison River Whitevvater Course has been €lesipcd <br />to be conducive, to inauy tyl)cs of'white atet boating for a variety of different skill levels, <br />as applicant hopcs to dt,,iw bath locals and tourists, host competitions, enh&nceWCStCTn State <br />College's outdooi r acr cation pro [ am, arid strengthen the r colon's overall economy C; I't:CB <br />V U �r Eircnmson, 1 EDf} p:3cl at 589; t ", R S § 37-92-103(3){a) ppxics,r r has completed <br />(lie "first step" toward the conditional appropriation by showing the reel airitc intcnt to <br />appropriate. accompanicd Ley am open. pliysiczbl do rxrcrnstra <tiora cal that hiterzt t 'rty � f °f 1anr�xtc�n <br />;. city of Fort Coffin's, 83)rjP. )d _9l 5, 921 -925 (Cato. 1992 <br />13 The atnounts of ;eater, clairric;d and decreed herein will be controlled in the water's rraturaal <br />course in the Guwi son Ri ,per duritigthe chdtiied tin-te periods by mewls of'the .i- ,5shapcd darn <br />structures and of'fswt waater dcflU!ctor devices construeled or proposed for constiuction in the <br />Gunnison Rivet Whitewater Course e as described above in section 7 C -R S. § 37..92- 103 (7 ) . <br />13 The controlling or tli° clai.iimed amounts of water during the claimed time pendds by the <br />proposed in- crwinel s` u(;tut.ts and devices and the use of such water for the hitended <br />recreational in-channel boating purposes represents use of that attiount of water that is <br />reasonable and appropriaa c undc..teasonably° eificientprac -lices to accornphsll without waste <br />the put pose tbr which thc,a pmpr° iatiorrwazslawfullymadeby rtheappiicant C:RS. §37 -92_ <br />103(4) and 103(7) <br />14 The recreational in' -ch arinel diversion wMet right herein decreed meets the stattit€rry <br />cic niticsn of "" recreational iii -c}xar rlel diversit rr." Thus. each flow rate herein de lt.cA for <br />the Gurtaison River Whizewatc.r Course, during the ti epetiod. for which it is decreed, meets <br />the definition of a "iecreation al irr. obamiel diversiotf' ,set forth in S.B 216 and articulated <br />01,106/06 <br />-7 <br />