ISFAPP00584

• Case Number: 89CW0181
• Stream Name: Blacktail Creek
• Watershed: Colorado River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 53
• County: Grand
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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DEe 2 6 1989

Application No. 89CW181

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HI THE 11ATTER QF THE APPLICATION FOR NATER RIGHTS OF TflE COLORf.,DO !1,ATER
CCr~SEflV!\TlOH r,OARD 011 BEHALF OF TH~ PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COUmr,DO, Ii! THE
COLORADO RIVER, OR ITS TRIBlJTAflIES, TRli3UTARY li4VOLVED: 3LACKTAIL CREE~, !iJ
GRAtJD COUrlTY

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The ahove entitled Application was filed on September 5, 1989, and was
t'eferred to the undersigned as \jater Referee for Water Division No.5, State
of Colorado, by the Water Judge of said Court on the 10th day of October,
1989, in accordance with Article 92 of Chapter 37, Colorado Revised Statutes
1973, known as The Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969.

A~d the undersigned Referee having made such investigations as are
necessary to determine whether or not the statements in the Application are
true and having become fully advised with respect to the subject matter of the
Application does hereby make the following determination and Ruling as~he
~eferee in this matter, to wit:

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Soard;

The statements in the Application are true.

The name of the stream involved is 31acktail Creek./

The name and address of the Claimant: Colorado Water conservation";'
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721; Denver, CO 80203.

The source of the water is B1acktai1 Creek, tributary to the Colorado ~

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15. The description of beginning and end ~oints of minimum stream flow
claimed: The natural stream channel from the confluence with French Sreek in
the rlE1/4NE1/4, Sec. 10, T. 1 S., fl. 82 ~J., 6th P.I~. as the upstream tor'minus
and extending to the confluence with the Colorado River in the SE1(4!!\:1/1,
Sec. 23, T. 1 S., R. 82 W., 6th P .11. 3S the downstream termi nus, bei ng a
di~ance of approximately 2.8 miles.

6. The use of the water is to appropriate such minimum stream flolls as
are ,required to preserve the natural environment to a reasonnb1e degree.

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'. The date of initiation of Appropriation is ju1y 11, 1989.

/8. The amount of water claimed is 3.0 c.f.s. (April l-September 30); i.0
c.f.s. (October 1.llarch 31), both a/lso1ute.

/ 9. The water' \~as first applied to the ahove beneficial
1989, by action of the Colorado Water Conservation Board under
of C.R.S. 37-92-102(3), 37-92-103(3),14),110).

use on ,)u1 y 11.
the provisions