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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />STATEMENT OF ISSUE PRESENTED FOR REVIEW .......... ............................... 1 <br />STATEMENTOF CASE .............................................. ............................... 1 <br />SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ........................................ ............................... 1 <br />ARGUMENT............................................................. ............................... 2 <br />I. Introduction ........................................... ............................... 2 <br />II. Colorado's Definition of Beneficial Use is not a Minimum <br />UseStandard ........................................... ............................... 2 <br />A. The limits on beneficial use address the amount of water one <br />may appropriate, not the nature of the beneficial use itself ................. 3 <br />B. None of the limits that the legislature has imposed on specific <br />beneficial uses applies to Golden's water right ............................... 5 <br />C. Colorado has not adopted a public interest test by which to <br />measure an appropriator's intended beneficial use ........................... 6 <br />III. Golden's right will not impair Colorado's ability to achieve the <br />maximum utilization of water or use its compact entitlements ................ 8 <br />A. Maximum Utilization ............................. ............................... 8 <br />1. Beneficial, non - consumptive, in- channel uses of <br />water are part of Colorado's effort to achieve maximum <br />utilization of its scarce water resources .......................... 8 <br />2. Speculation in water in not allowed in Colorado ............... 12 <br />3. Instream and non - consumptive uses are an important <br />part of Colorado's beneficial use of its scarce water <br />resource................................ ............................... 13 <br />4. There is no evidence that upholding Golden's decree <br />or similar applications will stop water development, <br />even upstream...... ............... ............................... 15 <br />5. The issue of whether anyone could obtain a decree for <br />in- channel fishery restoration or maintenance purposes <br />is not before the Court in this case . ............................... 16 <br />B. Compact Issues ................................... ............................... 17 <br />CONCLUSION........................................................... ............................... 18 <br />8 <br />