ISFAPP00380

• Case Number: 98CW0226
• Stream Name: West Soap Creek
• Watershed: Soap Creek
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 59
• County: Gunnison
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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Filed in the District Court
Water Division 4

APR - S 2000

Case No. 98CW226

Kay Phillips; Clerk of Court

FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECREE OF THE WATER COURT

IN TIIE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR WATEltRIGHTS OF TIIE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF
THESTATE OF COLORADO,

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IN WEST SOAP CREEK, A NATURAL STREAM, .
IN THE WATERSHED OF THE GUNNISON RIVER,
IN GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO.

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. This Application was filed on December 31, 1998, and was referred to the Water
Referee for Water Division No.4, in accordance with C.R.S. ~~ 37-92-101, et seq~ All
notices required by law of the filing of this Application have peen fulfilled and the Referee
has jurisdiction of this Application. No Statements of Opposition were filed in this matter.
On September 2, 1999, the Division Engineer subrriitted a Sununary of Consultation and the
Referee has given it due consideration. .

The Referee having made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether
the statements in the Application are true and being fully advised with respect to the subject
matter of the Application;

THE WATER REFEREE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name and address of the Applicant is:

Colorado Water Conservation Board
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721 .
Denver, Colorado 80203
[phone]

2. The name ofthe natural stream is:
West Soap Creek (instream flow).
3. The source of the water is:
West Soap Creek, tributary to the Gunnison River.
4. Legal description of the stream segment through which an instream flow is
claimed. .