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<br />I. <br /> <br />BENEFICIAL USE - A FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTABLE PRINCIPLE <br /> <br /> <br />Throughout the history of prior appropriation law in <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />Colorado the concept of "beneficial use" has shown a tremendous <br /> <br />capacity to adapt to new and changing uses of water which become <br /> <br /> <br />important to Colorado's economy and to the publicly held values <br /> <br /> <br />of its citizenry. Decisions of the Colorado Supreme Court <br /> <br /> <br />recognize the following categories and types of use as <br /> <br />"beneficial": <br /> <br />ALLOWABLE WATER USES <br /> <br />1. Agricultural <br /> <br />Coffin v. Left Hand Ditch Co., <br />6 Colo. 443, 449 (1882) <br /> <br />Strickler v. Colorado SDrinas, <br />16 Colo. 61, 71, 26 P. 313, 316-317 (1891) <br /> <br />2. Domestic and Municipal <br /> <br /> <br />Denver v. Sheriff, <br />105 Colo. 193, 202-204, 96 P.2d 836, 841-842 <br />(1939) <br /> <br />Black v. Tavlor, <br />128 Colo. 449, 264 P.2d 502, 506 (1953) <br /> <br />3. Mining and Manufacturing <br /> <br />Lamborn v. Bell, <br />18 Colo. 346, 350-351, 32 P. 989, 990-991 (1893) <br /> <br />4 . Power <br /> <br />Rockv Mountain Power Co. v. White River Electric <br />Ass'n, <br />151 Colo 45, 49-50, 376 P.2d 158 (1962) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5. <br /> <br />Recreation, Fish CUlture, Wildlife Habitat, Mined <br />Land Reclamation, Residential Environment <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />, <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />, <br />~ <br /> <br />Three Bells Ranch Associates v. Cache la Poudre <br />Water Users Ass'n, <br />758 P.2d 164, 173 (Colo. 1988) <br /> <br />i <br />. <br />, <br />. <br />, <br /> <br />APPENDIX B <br /> <br />-AT,.,_ "',~.._-' <br /> <br />- .","",,",--~- .- ...~.. '-- <br /> <br />.- - <br />