ISFAPP01351

• Case Number: 89CW0178
• Stream Name: Arapaho Creek
• Watershed: Colorado River
• Water Division: 5
• Water District: 51
• County: Grand
• Instream Flow App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

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Application No. 89CW178

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r.ULING OF REFEREE

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IN THE ~iATTER OF THE APPLICATIOfI FOR \!ATER RIGf!TS OF THE COU)RArn \;ATEP
CmISERVATIm. BOARD ON 8EHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, IN T:'E
COLORADO RIVER, OR ITS TRIBUT.~RIES. TRIBUTARY IHVOLVED: Ar..WAHO CPEEK, 1:;
GRAND COUNTY .

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The above entitled Application was filed on September 5, 1989, an::! .'ias
rl'ferred to the undersi !)ned as ~iater Referee for Water Di vi s i on f'lo. 5, Sta te
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.

And the undersigned Referee having made such investigations as are
necessary to determine whether or not the statemellts in the Application are
true and havin!) become fully advised with respect to the subject matter of the
Application does hereby make the following determination and Ruling as 1he
Referee in this matter, to wit:

1. The statements in the Application are true.
2. The name of the stream involved is Arapaho Creek.

3. Th€ name and address of the Claimant: Colorado Water Conservation
Board; 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721; Denver, CO 80203.

4. The source of the water is Arapaho Creek, tributary to the Colcrado
Riv.er.

5. The description of beginning and end points of minimum strean flo.1
claimed: The natural stream channel from the outlet of an unnamed lake in the
NW1/4NW1/4, Sec. 25, T. 2 N., R. 75 W., 6th P.M. as the upstream terminus Jnd ~
extending ,~ . the confluence with Lake Granby in the Sfll/4SE1/4, Sec. 23, T. 2
fl., R. 75 V'.1~.. 6th P.M. as the downstream terminus, being a distance of
appropxima_IY..:O..6 miles.
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G. The. use of the water is to appropriate such minimum strea:'1 flO'.iS as
are required to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree.

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The date of initiation of Appropriation is July 11, 1989.

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G. The amount of water claimed is 20 c.f.s. (~ay l-September 3G); 0 ./
c.f.s. (October l-April 301, both absolute.

9. The ~Iater lias first applied to the above beneficial lIse Dr. July 11,
1989, by acti on of the Co 1 ora do \.Iater Conservati on Board under the provi si ons
of C.R.S. 37-92-102(3), 37-92-103(3),(4),(10).