ZIGAN SAND & GRAVEL v. CACHE LA POUDRE

No. 86SA213.

758 P.2d 175 (1988)

ZIGAN SAND AND GRAVEL, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. CACHE LA POUDRE WATER USERS ASSOCIATION; South Adams County Water and Sanitation District; Central Colorado Water Conservancy District and the Ground Water Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District; St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District; Water Users Association of District No. 6; Jeris A. Danielson, State Engineer; and Alan Berryman, Division Engineer, Water Division No. 1, Appellees/Cross-Appellants, City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners, Appellees/Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

May 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill & Robbins, P.C., David W. Robbins, Dennis M. Montgomery, Denver, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, William H. Brown, Fort Collins, for appellee/cross-appellant Cache La Poudre Water Users Assn.

Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison and Woodruff, P.C., David M. Brown, Boulder, for appellee/cross-appellant South Adams County Water and Sanitation Dist.

Kim R. Lawrence, Greeley, for appellee/cross-appellant Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist. and The Ground Water Management Subdistrict of the Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist.

Grant, Bernard & Lyons, Jeffrey J. Kahn, Wallace H. Grant, Longmont, for appellees/cross-appellants Water Users Ass'n of Dist. No. 6 and St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy Dist.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Sherry Caloia, Peggy M. Ventura, Barry Stein, Asst. Attys. Gen., Natural Resources Section, Denver, for appellees/cross-appellants Jeris A. Danielson, State Engineer, and Alan Berryman, Div. Engineer.

Wayne D. Williams, Michael L. Walker, Henry C. Teigen, Anne R. Avery, Casey S. Funk, Mary B. Moore, Denver, for appellees/cross-appellees.

John M. Sayre, Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Zach C. Miller, Bennett W. Raley, Denver, for amicus curiae Northern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist.

Kelly, Stansfield & O'Donnell, Timothy J. Flanagan, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Rock Products Assn.

Fairfield & Woods, P.C., Howard Holme, Kevin B. Pratt, Stephen H. Leonhardt, Denver, for amicus curiae Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy Dist.

Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker and Grover, Charles E. Grover, Joseph B. Wilson, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Contractors Ass'n, Inc.

Clanahan, Tanner, Downing & Knowlton, John P. Akolt, III, Nancy Catherine Shea, Denver, for amicus curiae Farmers Reservoir and Irr. Co.


LOHR, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for Water Division No. 1 denying the application of Zigan Sand and Gravel, Inc. (Zigan) for approval of a plan for augmentation. Zigan proposed to mine sand and gravel from its land near the South Platte River in Adams County. The operation would result in two open pits that would extend below the water table and intercept ground water. The ponds so created would continue in existence after completion...

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