WELL AUGMENTATION SUBDISTRICT v. AURORA

No. 08SA224.

221 P.3d 399 (2009)

WELL AUGMENTATION SUBDISTRICT OF the CENTRAL COLORADO WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT and South Platte Well Users Association, Applicants-Appellants v. CITY OF AURORA; Bijou Irrigation Company; Bijou Irrigation District; City of Boulder; Centennial Water and Sanitation District; Pawnee Well Users Inc.; Cache La Poudre Water Users Association; Lower Latham Reservoir Company; New Cache La Poudre Irrigating Company; City of Black Hawk; City and County of Denver; Ducommun Business Trust; City of Sterling; East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation; Public Service Company of Colorado; City of Englewood; Fort Morgan Reservoir; Jackson Lake Reservoir; The Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company; United Water and Sanitation District; City of Greeley; Harmony Ditch Company; Irrigationists' Association; Lupton Ditch Co. & Lupton Meadows Ditch Co.; North Poudre Irrigation Company; Riverside Irrigation District; Riverside Reservoir & Land Company; South Adams County Water & Sanitation District; State & Division Engineers; The Henrylyn Irrigation District; City of Thornton; Westfarm LLC; City of Westminster; and Greeley Irrigation Company, Opposers-Appellees and James Hall, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 1.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lind Lawrence & Ottenhoff, LLP, P. Andrew Jones, David P. Jones, Kim R. Lawrence, Bradley C. Grasmick, Windsor, Colorado, Attorneys for Applicants-Appellants South Platte Well Users Association and Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District.

John W. Suthers, Attorney General, Paul L. Benington, Assistant Attorney General, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee James Hall, Division Engineer for Water Division 1, and Dick Wolfe, State Engineer.

Buchanan & Sperling, PC, John P. Justus, Veronica A. Sperling, Arvada, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Centennial Water and Sanitation District, City of Boulder, Harmony Ditch Company, and Pawnee Well Users Inc.

Daniel J. Arnold, Michael L. Walker, Patricia L. Wells, Casey S. Funk, Mary B. Rastall, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City and County of Denver.

Harvey W. Curtis & Associates, David L. Kueter, Sheela Stack, Englewood, Colorado, Attorneys Opposer-Appellee for City of Black Hawk.

Trout, Raley, Montaño, Witwer and Freeman, PC, Douglas M. Sinor, James Witwer, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Greeley.

White & Jankowski, LLP, David F. Jankowski, Sarah A. Klahn, Alan E. Curtis, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee City of Sterling.

Dennis A. Hanson, Assistant City Attorney, Thornton, Colorado, Attorney for Opposer-Appellee City of Thornton.

Ryley Carlock & Applewhite, James M. Noble, Carolyn F. Burr, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Public Service Company of Colorado, d/b/a Xcel Energy, Inc. and East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District.

Alperstein & Covell, P.C., Cynthia F. Covell, Andrea L. Benson, Denver, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee Fort Morgan Reservoir and Irrigation Company and Jackson Lake Reservoir and Irrigation Company.

Moses Wittemyer Harrison & Woodruff PC, Richard J. Mehren, Boulder, Colorado, Attorneys for Opposer-Appellee South Adams County Water & Sanitation District.

Steven L. Janssen, Boulder, Colorado, Attorney for Opposer-Appellee The Henrylyn Irrigation District.

No appearance by or on behalf of: Bijou Irrigation Company; Bijou Irrigation District; Cache La Poudre Water Users Association; City of Aurora; City of Englewood; City of Westminster; Ducommun Business Trust; Greely Irrigation Company; Irrigationists' Association; Lower Latham reservoir Company; Lupton Ditch Company & Lupton Meadows Ditch Company; New Cache La Poudre Irrigation Company; North Poudre Irrigation Company; Riverside Irrigation District; Riverside Reservoir & Land Company; The Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company; United Water and Sanitation District; and Westfarm LLC.


Justice MARTINEZ delivered the Opinion of the Court.

I. Introduction

In this appeal from the District Court for Water Division Number One ("water court"), the Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District ("WAS") challenges certain terms and conditions imposed by the water court in its approval of WAS's proposed plan for augmentation. This case arises from seven applications filed...

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