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<br />~6-RockyMountoinNews Thurs.,Oec..l4i,'197Bi Oerwer, Colo. " . ."
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<br />Hi~lh.;s'o.,.. .Qtt?~re~Y~~,t}$j$xoplJl:ipn~jin;;,Pu:e,b.loi;dCl'mlcase:
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<br />. Proponents or major Colorado ing;DilchCo" had iued'.lhe.govern; 'reservoir. argued ,thaL senior"water . Iilled Ihe primary legal consideration The slale high court ruled 4,3 a II
<br />water proje~~s'~.~voided a.'da,maging.'-<.'ment fOf ,SiOO":mlllion. claiming the rights'covered:only.,the-amounl. .and . '~.maximum ulilization" or water. a months ago in'lfavor of the plaintifl
<br />setback Wediiesaaywhenthe stateSu,. ':pueblo reser,voir,reduced'silt .content. notthe'q~ality. ollhe,Waler 19which ; legal principle IhalMs governedslate:but.a petition for reh~ari.ng w.
<br />preme Courl' f.eversed . Itself and de. _ " '..in their water',and made Itfar.less use._ . someone 15 entitled. . law, since. water, rights became an granted. and -Justice Don3J~.KeIlE
<br />cided 10 rul~'i~ [avorol Uie.'.U.S:.~ov'.',I~Il~r irrigati9n. '.' ...... . The v.S;C.;;rtof Claims. which was . issuemoreJhan a century ago. . after a two.hpur. oral preseniiti
<br />ernm~nt In ~n Important water rights _,: The' water: users, who had almost' to hear Lhe.case. said 'it:couldn't de- ' . .In__addltlOn" he said, If a down~ . . from both ~~~e~,. changed h.~~ ~m~..
<br />case m~olvl~g,_t~~ ~~eblo .dam-.and - '> '100 .y'ears.-,of .seniority .on the. water. . 'cide the issue because'Coiorado water strea.m w.~ter use.r,_~ould ~'put a ~all on' . ~el1ey shlft~ to Groves~'.opl_n!a
<br />reservoir. I' .,';';. ....... '.... ...... rights. claimed ;.thin because..the law .waS Ion .vague. That. court refer. . lhe.mer. .for recelpl 01 water mthe ; which thenbecamelhe maJ9rJty rJ
<br />I~ .essence._,.the". ('omphcaled~ 35---:. _water from the reserVoir was,cleaner,. -red the question;to the state Supreme sam~. Quahty as It had.bee," geUmg. mg. I. . ~. _~.
<br />\page decisi~n-,.(jncluding a. .13.page..... it seeped into irrigation ditchessoorie. . Court. asking hasicallidl .llie owner: 01 ,.that. would have the prac~~cal eHect . Attorneys for the plamllHs. c~
<br />majority op\niori and 22'pagesof'dis.,..;'and would spread.about hall as lar. as ;., a'waler: righHs entiUi;d;lo "receive ,'ofhaltmgallupstreamuse. . '_' . :lended,Wednesday that. ifth~ ruli!
<br />senp'.declared-,that.the \ government .".~ silty'~ater when used Cor,irrigalion. ',' :,'~water oFsuch- quality: .and',condition; - .. In. a,dls~e~lmg o):!l.mon.-wTllt.en by ,had gone the o~er way. and!-' sem
<br />doeso't.have1to pay.damages-w.water}":' .;:..":::.',~ .:'~._. -:'.--: ","::--'. ',".' . . .,." _'i.' _ ..' iricluding~the",sill content thereof. 'as Justice Wilham ~rl~kson. .the',cou~~. .' water users c~u.ld thus recel~e pa
<br />users-whosJ!'qualily' 'of,,'wat~r:,;.was,:; ". "TlJe .federal..go.ve~nmentand..a hoSI.; "'has hisloriCally.bei!n receivea. ',' . ::',"; called for a ':balancmg;ol. IlIterests . ments. when ,their waler quality w
<br />. changed b the exislenceol the dam.. ;,'~:',o~ ![,!"nds,,9f,~lJ.e..court,...~~tu.dl~g .the ' "'., ""', . .' :"'. .-' ':' '. >'.' C'. .... -'. .". m.eac~:case .tn.deler~TII.ne.,.IUhe. changed by.water proJects. the rulll
<br />. y 1".-."., ..... . 'C.:'." . '. .,.:'Color~do..~ttorn~y"Generals; of lice . . 'The maJorlty..opm!on;1 written; !>y,. :_:cba~ge In quahly,ol,lhe,water:lssulh' .~,'.would have ~nabled opponents to pul
<br />. The w~t~q~~e!~;:i~~!!~iJ~~~tti~~~~ii;;.~~~,~~~~~~~~jp~y,a~~~Wi~.~~j~~I:,:~~tj~~.Ja~es~t<;~ ~_r~~~~?~a,s :~~o:~;.. i }~i~~~.t_~ ~aq.s.e ~.qLi~~~~~~~i~~ r~.!i.~c~~_OI'1 ::;~hal~.t? ;~~te~. projec.ts throughout._ll
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