NLLAPP00147

• Case Number: W-3075-76
• Lake Name: THOMAS LAKE #2
• Watershed: Roaring Fork
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 38
• County: Pitkin
• NLL App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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8. The capacity :of the LakE! is estimated to be 88 acre feet,
with a natural water erevation of 10,260 feet.

9. The water wa~ first applied to the above beneficial use on
January 14, 1976, by aqtion of the Colorado Water Conservation Board
under the provisions of C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102(3), 37-92-103(3), (4)
and (10).

10. This appropri:ation is made under the provisions of C.R.S.
1973, 37-92-102(3), and 37-92-103(3), (4), and (10), knO\vn as Senate
Bill 97, signed into l~w April 23, 1973.
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11. On October 28, 1977, a Statement of Opposition >!as filed
by Charles E. Thomas, and as a result, on November 30, 1977, the
application was re-refdrred by the Water Referee to the Water Judge
for Water Division No. 15.
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12. On October 6,11981, t.he Statement of Opposition of Charles
E. Thomas was withdrawn as a result of a Stipulation between the
parties involved, and dn November 25, 1931, the application lias again
referred to the water Referee by the Water Judge for Water Division
No.5.

The Referee does

~herefore conclude that the above entit:led
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g:ranted and 1:hat 88 acre feet of water, having a

application should be

lake surface level of

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10,260 feet are hereby a>!arded to Thomas Lake

~of maintaining a minimum lake level as

NO.2, for the purpose

required to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree,
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"lith appropriation date' of January 14, 1976,. absolutely and
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unconditionally; subject, however, to all earlier priority rights of

others and to the integration and tabulation by the Division Engineer
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of such priori ties and ichanges of rights in accordance "lith 1a\".
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It is accordingly.ORDERED that this ruling shall be filed with

the Water Clerk and shall become effective upon such filing, subject
to Judicial review purs1uant to Section 37-92-304 C.R.S. 1973.
It is further ORDJRED that a copy of this ruling shall be iiled
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with the appropriate DJVision Engineer and the State Engineer.

Done at the City if Glenwood Springs, Colorado, this

29~day of ~,,)lIJ1).j f--,1982.

I BY THE REFEREE:
No protest was flied in this malter I (
The foregoing ruling is confirmed
and tlllllO'ftCl, and Is made the
Juclgl\'Ie!I,tWo,.;lJl8..9fth!8~rt.

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