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<br />[CONTINUED] <br /> <br />Court has held in Arapahoe County's favor once, and another appeal of aI} adverse Water Court ruling is <br />currently pending, with a second decision expected from the Colorado Supreme Court in early 2000, <br /> <br />Numerous parties have stipulated out of the case, inchjding CWCB, the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the <br />State Board of Land Commissioners, the City of Grand Jupction and the Rocky Mountain Biologic Laboratory. <br />However, numerous parties continue to oppose Union Par~, including the Upper Gunnison River Water <br />Conservancy District, the Colorado River Water Conserv~tion District, the United States, the State Engineer <br />and the City of Gunnison. <br /> <br />ISSUES TO BE RESOt VED The primary issues to be resolved in the second appeal concern the effect of <br />existing federll1 facilities in the Gunnison Basin on new appropriations, The federal facilities include the <br />Aspina11 Unit, which was constructed pursuant to the Colqrado River Storage Project Act to encourage <br />development of the Upper Basin States' Compact entitlem~nts. The Opposers in the case take the position that <br />the U. S. can prevent future upstream development in the qiunnison basin. while Arapahoe takes the position <br />that the Aspina11 Unit was constructed to encourage projects like Union Park. <br /> <br />USE OF UNION PARK Union Park could provide a large new renewable water source to the southern <br />Denver metro area. It could also be integrated into the cOlljunctive use concept to recharge groundwater <br />aquifers. It would reduce the demands on the Blue River from additional East Slope diversions and would <br />replace non-tributary ground water reliance. Mitigation of impacts to the Gunnison River Basin needs to be <br />explored with the West Slope entities to assure that all adv!=rse effects are addressed. <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />; CI.-! <br />. ttltaw ernlt . '~u.nG <br />,,,",,,ping PI",,' V V,sta <br />I I)'" <br />iI''f-' '\ <br />,., <br />. I <br />...... er..k N <br />C41M""'..... $ysl.... It 1lInn" <br />\ <br />UIIIGn Pah R..-r t <br />Ii Un..... Parlt ,..Jp/ \ <br />l Po... c.".,aUon <br />tit" "'onl <br /> <br />. Cunn.._,..~~ i \ j <br />,.~ <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />, <br />I <br /> <br />\/ <br />