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The priority herein awarded was filed in the water court in the year of2005 and shall be junior to all priorities filed in previous years. As between all rights filed in the same calendar year, priorities shall be determined by historical date of appropriation and not affected by the date of entry of ruling. The Applicant shall install and maintain such measuring devices and keep such records as the Division Engineer may require for administration of this right. Terms and Conditions. In applications for any type of proposed change of a senior absolute water right located upstream of this instream flow water right, the CWCB may file a Statement of Opposition but shall stipulate to the entry ofa decree in such application if the proposed change does not increase the historic consumptive use during April I through June 15 and does not increase the impact to the instream flow water right. In applications for any type of proposed change ofa senior conditional water right located upstream of this instream flow water right, the CWCB may file a Statement of Opposition but shall stipulate to the entry of a decree in such application if the proposed change does not increase the impact contemplated by the original decree to the reach of Cottonwood Creek containing this instream flow water right during April I through June 15. Pursuant to section 37-92-102(3)(b), C.R.S. (2004), this in stream flow water right shall be subject to any undecreed historic water uses, including wells, being made on or before the date the CWCB appropriated this instream flow water right, provided that such uses are documented in writing and confirmed by the Division of Water Resources prior to entry of the decree herein, The CWCB recognizes the transbasin diversion by the Easton Ditch from Sheep Creek, a tributary of Horsetly Creek, into the Cottonwood Creek basin. While the CWCB may use water resulting from this transbasin diversion to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree, the CWCB shall not be entitled to place a call against the transbasin diverter for such water or to assert injury to this instream flow water right if an application is filed for any type of change to the Easton Ditch.. The CWCB shall set aside up to 1.575 acre-teet of the de minimis allowance for this instream flow water right to allow for up to 100 new future undecreed domestic wells. As used herein, the de minimis allowance for an instream flow water right means a depletive effect of one percent of the decreed in stream flow amount on the stream reach subject of the instream flow water right. It is accordingly ORDERED that this Ruling shall be filed with the water clerk subject to judicial review,