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<br />.. <br /> <br />[CONTINUED] <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Court has held in Arapahoe County's favor ollCe, and lIIlother appeal of an adverse Water Court ruling is <br />currently pending, with a second decision expected from the Colorado Supreme Court in early 2000. <br /> <br />Numerous p~ have stipulated out of the case, itIcluding CWCB, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the <br />Stale Board of Land Commissioners. . the City of Grand Junction and the Rocky Mountain Biologic Laboratory. <br />However, numerous parties continue to oppose Union Park., including the Upper G!JIIIIison River Water <br />Conservancy District, the Colorado River Water Comavation District, the United StateS, the State Engineer <br />and the City of GllIlIIison. <br /> <br />ISSUF~~ TO BE RESOLVED The primary issues to be resolved in the second appeal concern the effect-of <br />existing fedefO\l facilities in the Gunnison Basin on new appropriatioIlS_ The federal facilities include the <br />Aspinall Unit. which was coDStructed pursuam to the Colorado River Storage Project Act to encourage <br />development of the Upper Basin States' C~mpact entitlements. The Opposers in the Case take the position that <br />the U.S. can prevem fuIure upstream developmem in the Gunnison basin, while Arapahoe takes the position <br />that the Aspinall Unit \Vas constrUcted to encourage projectS like Union Park. <br /> <br />USE OF UNION PARK Union Park could provide a large DeW renewable water source to the southern <br />Denver metro area. It could also be inregrated into the conjunctive use concept to recharge groundwater <br />,aquifers. It would reduce the d"",.n<is on the Blue River from additional East Slope diversions and would <br />replace non-tributary ground water reliance_ Mitigation of impacts to the GllIlIlison River Basin needs to be <br />explored with the West Slope entities to assure that all adverse effectS are addressed. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11_ Pm 1'rmrP/ <br />Po.... ~Uaft <br />PlOtIt . <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />t <br />1 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />, <br />. <br /> <br />'\! <br />