ISFAPP00826

• Case Number: 92CW0286
• Stream Name: Colorado River (15 mile reach)
• Watershed: Colorado River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 72
• County: Mesa
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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City of Colorado Springs; Northern Colorado Water Conservancy
District and Municipal Subdistrict; Copper Mountain, Inc,;
Keystone Resorts Management, Inc, (substituted for Breckenridge
Ski corporation); and Main Elk Corporation and Mobil oil
Corporation, In addition, motions to interve~e were timely filed
by and granted for Basalt Water Conservancy District, the
Soutneastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, and the United
States of America on behalf of the Fish and Wildlife ~ervice. No
other person or entity has filed a statement of opposition or
motion to intervene in this matter,

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Decree,

The parties have stipulated to the entry of this

5. Name of stream: Colorado River (instream flow).

6, Source, Colorado River,

7, Legal description of the stream segment through which
an instream flow is claimed:

The natural stream channel from the point at which the
tailrace common to the Grand Valley Power Plant and the
Orchard Mesa District pumping plant returns to the
Colorado River below the Grand Valley diversion dam at
lat 39 06 06N, long 108 20 48W as the upstream terminus
and extending to the confluence of the Gunnison River
at lat 39 03 44N, long 108 34 38W as the downstream
terminus, a distance of approximately 15 miles
(hereinafter referred to as the '15-Mile Reach" J, This
segment can be located on the Palisade, Clifton and
Grand Junction U,S,G,S, quadrangles,

8, Use of the water:

Instream flows to preserve the natural environment to a
reasonable degree.

9, Date of initiation of appropriation: March 5, 1992,

10, Date the water was applied to beneficial Use:

The water was first applied to beneficial use on July
1, 1992 by action of the Colorado Water Conservation
Board, pursuant to sections 37-92-102(31 and 103 (4),
C,R,S, (1990),

11. Amount of water claillled:

581 c,f,s. absolute from July 1 through September 30,

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