PUB00001

• Year: 1992
• Title: Transmountain Diversions in 1992 and Arapahoe County Transmountain Litigation of Gunnison River Water
• Author: Hillhouse/Hultin/Spaanstra, P.C.
• Description: Presentation addressing considerations applicable to a proposed substantial transmountin diversion project and issues about the Gunnison River litigation
• Publications - Doc Type: Historical

TABLE OF CONTENTS
for Judament & Decree in
Cases 86-CW-226 and 88-CW-178
Dated: October 21. 1991

I. Introduction:

A. Introduce the Issue, parties, counsel
B. Jurisdiction and Background
(Describe the Applications)
C. Can and will Doctrine
D. Pre-Trial History and Rulings
E. General Description of Area and Water History

II. Approaches to Modelling and Methodology

A. Modelling Systems, Study Period and
Regression Analysis
B. Assumption re Absolute Rights and
Conditional Rights

III. Analysis of Existing Absolute and Conditional
Rights Bearing on Water Availability
(Absolute Riahts)
A. The Aspinall Unit
1. The Colorado River Storage Project Act
a. The 1959 Economic Justification Report
b. Section 620(f) - Bydropower
c. Section 620(g) - Recreation/Fishes
2. 'The River District's Application for Water
Rights for the Aspinall Unit on behalf of
the United States
3. The 1968 Colorado River Basin Project Act
4. The Coordinated Long Range Operation Plan
5. Purposes of the Aspinall Unit
a. Regulate Flow of the Colorado River
b. Store Water for Beneficial Use
c. Upper Basin Utilization of Compact
Apportionments
d. Flood Control
e. Recreation
f. Fish and Wildlife
g. Hydropower

B. The Uncompahgre Project
1. The Gunnison Tunnel
2. Taylor Park Reservoir
3. 'l'he Operation of the Taylor Park Reservoir
in light of the 1975 Exchange Agreement and
the 86-CW-203 Decree
4. Exchange Accounting
5. The Decree in case No. 86-CW-203:
C. Minimum Stream Flows

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