PUBLIC SERVICE CO. v. WILLOWS WATER DIST.

No. 92SA304.

856 P.2d 829 (1993)

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO, a Colorado Corporation, Objector-Appellant, v. WILLOWS WATER DISTRICT, Applicant-Appellee, and Alan D. Berryman, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1, Objector-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly, Stansfield & O'Donnell, Timothy J. Flanagan, Chad M. Neuens, Denver, for objector-appellant.

Saunders, Snyder, Ross & Dickson, P.C., David C. Hallford, Carmen M. Sower, Denver, for applicant-appellee.

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

Krassa, Lindholm, Kumli & Madsen, Robert F.T. Krassa, Karl F. Kumli, III, Robin A. Byers, Boulder, amicus curiae for Parker Water and Sanitation Dist.

White & Jankowski, Michael D. White, Scotty P. Krob, Bruce D. Bernard, Austin C. Hamre, Denver, amicus curiae for City of Thornton.

Duncan, Ostrander & Dingess, P.C., John M. Dingess, J. Andrew Ausmus, Denver, amicus curiae for City of Aurora.

Fischer, Brown, Huddleson & Gunn, P.C., Howard H. Brown, Fort Collins, amicus curiae for Cache La Poudre Water Users Ass'n.

Michael T. Mitchell, Parker, amicus curiae for Arkansas Valley Ditch Ass'n.

Carlson, Hammond & Paddock, William A. Paddock, Melanie Kopperud Backes, Denver, Gregory L. Johnson, Asst. City Atty., Colorado Springs, amicus curiae for City of Colorado Springs.


Justice MULLARKEY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

The Objector-Appellant, Public Service Company of Colorado (Public Service), appeals from a judgment and decree of the District Court, Water Division 1 (water court) granting an application by the Willows Water District (Willows) for an augmentation and reuse program for non-tributary ground water to recapture return flows resulting from the use of the water for irrigation purposes. We conclude that the water court...

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