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" n, SlIlIe Cen\elU\lBI Building 1313 Shennan Street Denver. Colorado 80203 Pl1on8 (303) _, FAX (303) _74 STATE OF COLORADO . . COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD Department of Natural Resources Roy Romer Govemor MEMORANDUM "".- executive [)it8dOr, DNA Dario. C. UIO. P.E. OiI'8dor, CWCB TO: Members, CWCB FROM: Dan Merriman DATE: April 23, 1993 SUBJECT: Agenda Item 8b, May 6-7,1993, Board Meeting-- Instream Flow Program: Stipulations Case No. 1-86CW342; Lefthand Creek Case Summary . The Board approved the final recommendation for the Lefthand Creek instream flow appropriation at its September 1986 meeting. The filing under this appropriation extends from the confluence with James Creek to the confluence with the Lake Ditch Diversion Dam (see attached map). The amount of water appropriated by the Board was 14 cfs for the period April 1 through September 30, and 7 cfs for the period October 1 through March 31. The Left Hand Ditch Company and the Saint Vrain and Lefthand Water Conservancy District filed statements of opposition to the Board's application based on concerns regarding water availability. Water has historically been imported into the Lefthand Creek Basin from South Saint Vrain Creek via the Lefthand Ditch Diversion; therefore, the Ditch Company and the Water Conservancy District have argued that the Board's appropriation should be limited to water available in the Lefthand Creek basin and should not rely on imported water from South Saint Vrain Creek. Subsequent discussions with the Saint Vrain and Lefthand Water Conservancy District identified additional concerns relative to the District's historic exchange of water to Left Hand Park, Gold Lake, and Lake Isabelle Reservoirs which were decreed in Case No. 89CW238. The Districts attorney has supplied the Board staff with an affidavit which substantiates these historic exchanges. .