Your path: Home) Archive Page) Agencies) Agencies - State and Local) Colorado Breckenridge Sanitation District May 2001: Colorado: Supreme Court Finds Special District Plant Investment Fees Not Subject to Constitutional Takings Challenge Marshall B.Krupp And Renate D.Krupp V.Breckenridge Sanitation District No.99sc491 Slip Op (Colo. February 26, 2001) Central Colorado Water Conservancy District April 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Requires Augmentation Plan Applicant to Replace Pre-Application Depletions Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District v. City of Aurora 221 P.3d 399 (Colo. 2009) January 2006: Colorado Supreme Court Limits Water District’s Change Application, Using Consumptive Use Analysis, to Acreage Irrigated at Time of Original Appropriation Central Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Cache La Poudre Water Users Association 05SA120 & 121, (Colo. Nov. 6, 2006) October 2005: Water Diversions, Water Rights Selective Subordination Issues in Water Court Litigation Move to the Colorado Supreme Court In Re: Application for Water Rights of the Ground Water Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District 05SA____; Appeal from the District Court, Water Division No. 1, 02CW335, appeal filed July 18, 2005 (Colo.) Cherokee Metropolitan District March 2007: Colorado Supreme Court Finds Stipulated Decree Provision Restricts Certain Water Exports from the Upper Black Squirrel Designated Ground Water Basin Cherokee Metropolitan District v. Simpson 148 P.3d 142 (Colo. Nov. 27, 2006) Chino Basin Municipal Water District August 2002: Court, Water Producers Consider Plan to Solve Chino Basin Subsidence Problem Chino Basin Municipal Water District v. The City of Chino, Case No. RCV 51010 (San Bernardino County Superior Court, Order dated June 19, 2002). Colorado Board of Land Commissioners June 2005: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Water Court’s Determination to Revise Water Use Decree to Allow Greater Nontributary Groundwater Withdrawals East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District v. Rangeview Metropolitan District, ___P.3d___ 04SA06 (Colo. March 28, 2005) Colorado Conservation Board April 2007: Colorado Legislature Seeks to Fill Gaps in Water Law and Administration May 2001: Colorado: Will Water Banking Survive the 2001 Legislative Session? Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment August 2008: District Court Let Stand Strict Liability Claim Premised on Allegation that Use of Dry Cleaning Chemicals Constitutes an Ultrahazardous Activity Effkay Enterprises v. J.H. Cleaners, Inc., ___F.Supp.2d___ 07-cv-02521 (D. Colo. June 5, 2008) September 2005: Colorado: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection September 2004: COLORADO: Enforcement of Water Quality Regulation and Penalties September 2003: Colorado: Issues Facing the State’s Rivers and Streams November 2002: Tenth Circuit Holds that Federal RCRA Enforcement Is Permissible even after a State Initiates Its Own Enforcement Action United States v. Power Engineering Co ___F.3d___, Case No. 01-1217 (10th Cir. Sept. 4, 2002) Colorado Department of Water Resources August 2007: Colorado Water Court Rules Produced Water from Coalbed Methane Extraction Subject to Prior Appropriation Doctrine and State Administration Vance v. Simpson 05CW063, (Colorado District Court, Water Division 7, July 2, 2007) Colorado Division of Water Resources December 2008: Colorado State Engineer Considers Revisions to Rules Governing Increased Irrigation Efficiency of Surface Water Irrigation in the Arkansas River Basin June 2008: Rainwater Harvesting Catches the Attention of State and Local Goverment August 2004: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds State and Division Engineers’ Curtailment of Senior Irrigation Rights at Undecreed Points of Diversion. Westlands Water District et al. v. Hoopa Valley Tribe et al., ___F.3d___ (9th Cir. July 13, 2004) Colorado Division of Water Services August 2009: The Colorado Legislature Passes Two New Laws that Allow for Rainwater Harvesting Colorado Ground Water Commission January 2010: News from the West March 2006: Colorado: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking November 2003: Colorado Supreme Court Holds that the Anti-Speculation Doctrine Applies to the Allocation and Administration of Designated Ground Water Located within the Denver Basin Aquifers Colorado Ground Water Commission v. North Kiowa- Bijou Ground Water Management District Case No. 02SA216. Slip Op. (Colo. Sept. 8, 2003). September 2002: COLORADO: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking Colorado Interbasin Compact Committee June 2007: ‘Colorado Water for the 21st Century Act’ Receiving Mixed Reviews June 2006: Colorado Legislature Approves Interbasin Compact Committee Charter Paving the Way for Unprecedented Intrastate Water Compact Negotiations between River Basins Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission August 2007: Colorado Water Court Rules Produced Water from Coalbed Methane Extraction Subject to Prior Appropriation Doctrine and State Administration Vance v. Simpson 05CW063, (Colorado District Court, Water Division 7, July 2, 2007) Colorado River Conservation Board May 2005: Colorado Supreme Court Reviews First ‘Recreational In-Channel Diversion’ Case under New Legislation Colorado Water Conservation Board v. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, ___P.3d___ 04SA44 (Colo. March 14, 2005) Colorado River Water Conservation District February 2008: Adrift in the Water: Key Provisions of the Water Quality Program Remain Untethered Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners October 2009: Colorado Supreme Court Further Clarifies the ‘Can And Will’ Test for Conditional Water Rights City of Aurora v. ACJ Partnership 08SA222, 209 P.3d 1076 (Colo. 2009) Colorado Water Conservation Board April 2009: Climate Change and Water in Colorado August 2008: Colorado Water Conservation Board Considers Amendments to its Rules forInstream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program November 2007: Colorado High Court Finds Colorado’s ‘Injury’ to Water Rights Analysis Needn’t Be Exact—Can Rest on Undisputed Reasonable Predictions and Assumptions Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority v. Simpson 06SA303 (Colo. Sept. 10, 2007) November 2006: Federal District Court Rejects U.S-Colorado Compromise Regarding Federal Reserved Water Rights for Gunnison National Park’s Black Canyon April 2006: The City of Central Decision and the Future Administration of Colorado Water Rights January 2006: Colorado Supreme Court Requires Protection for Instream Flow Water Rights in Plans for Augmentation Colorado Water Conservation Board v. City of Central 04SA145 (Colo. Nov. 28, 2005) February 2005: Colorado Water Conservation Board Issues Final Report on the Statewide Water Supply Initiative. March 2004: Colorado: Endangered Species Act Issues Impacting Water Supply February 2004: Colorado Water Court Awards Controversial “Recreational In-Channel Diversion” for Whitewater Park on Gunnison River Concerning the Application for Water Rights of Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District in Gunnison County Case No. 02CW38 (Water Div. 4 Dec. 26, 2003 October 2003: Colorado Voters Presented with Divisive Ballot Initiative Concerning Water Storage Projects April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session March 2002: COLORADO: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply Colorado Water Quality Division December 2002: New Mexico Considers a Water Court System Case No. 01CW05 (Colo. Water Court, Divi. 4 Spet. 20, 2002) March 2002: COLORADO: Clean Water Act Issues Impacting Water Supply Consolidated Ditches Company of District No. 2 May 2006: Colorado Supreme Court Revisits the Distinction Between Contractual Water Delivery Rights and Adjudicated Water Rights Public Service Company of Colorado v. Meadow Island Ditch Company No. 2 05SA52 (Colo. April 3, 2006) Department of Natural Resources December 2002: New Mexico Considers a Water Court System Case No. 01CW05 (Colo. Water Court, Divi. 4 Spet. 20, 2002) June 2002: Colorado Close to Passing Legislative Compromise on Instream Flows Division Engineer for Water Division 5 October 2004: Motions for Summary Judgment Pending against Colorado State Engineer Seeking Determination of “Senior First Rule” and “Selective Subordination” Principles of Water Rights City of Golden v. State and Division Engineer for Water Division 5, et al., Colorado Water Court 03CW176, Water Division 5 East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District August 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Key Piece of the City of Aurora’s Prairie Waters Project City of Aurora v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District 09SA158 (Colo. June 28, 2010) Feather River Air Quality Management District August 2003: California Court of Appeal Affirms Air District Is Immune from Liability for Miscalculating Amount of Farm’s Emission Reduction Credits Jopson v. Feather River Air Quality Management District ___Cal.App.4th___, Case No. CO41927 (Cal. App. May 2, 2003). Ground Water Management Districts May 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Leaves Unchanged the Court of Appeals Finding that Ground Water Management District Rules May Reduce Well User’s Right to Use below Amount Authorized by Permit Meridian Ranch Metropolitan District v. Colorado Ground Water Commission, ___P.3d___ 09CA0131 Lake Creek Metropolitan District February 2006: Colorado Water Court Finds It Could Not Determine whether Selective Subordination Would Occur—Retains Jurisdiction over Issue In Re Application for the Eagle Park Reservoir Company 03CW211, Dist. Ct. (Div. 5 Wat. Ct.) Larimer and Weld Irrigation Co. July 2005: Colorado Supreme Court Distinguishes Contractual Water Delivery Rights from True Water Rights East Ridge of Fort Collins, LLC v. The Larimer and Weld Irrigation Company, ___P.3d___ 03SA372 (Colo. March 21, 2005) Lower Arkansans Valley Water Conservancy District November 2009: Colorado City, Water District, and U.S. Agree to Stay of Litigation to Pursue Federal Legislation to Legitimize Its Use of Arkansas River Water March 2008: Colorado ‘Super Ditch Company’—A Lower Arkansas Valley Effort to Preserve Agricultural Water Rights Meadow Island Ditch Company No 2 May 2006: Colorado Supreme Court Revisits the Distinction Between Contractual Water Delivery Rights and Adjudicated Water Rights Public Service Company of Colorado v. Meadow Island Ditch Company No. 2 05SA52 (Colo. April 3, 2006) Meridian Ranch Metropolitan District January 2010: News from the West Metro Wastewater Reclamation District August 2002: Tenth Circuit Reverses Jury Verdict Awarding Insurance Coverage to Colorado Sewage Treatment Entity, though Notice Was Untimely Metro Wastewater Reclamation District v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, ___F.3d___, Nos. 99-1327, 99-1336, 01-1196, 01-1234 (10th Cir. May 24, 2002). North Kiowa-Bijou Ground Water Management District November 2003: Colorado Supreme Court Holds that the Anti-Speculation Doctrine Applies to the Allocation and Administration of Designated Ground Water Located within the Denver Basin Aquifers Colorado Ground Water Commission v. North Kiowa- Bijou Ground Water Management District Case No. 02SA216. Slip Op. (Colo. Sept. 8, 2003). North Sterling Irrigation District July 2009: News from the West May 2009: Colorado Supreme Court Confirms State and Division Engineers’ Authority to Administer Storage Water Rights Based on a Fixed Water Year North Sterling Irrigation District v. Simpson 08SA29 (Colo. March 2, 2009) Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District August 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Key Piece of the City of Aurora’s Prairie Waters Project City of Aurora v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District 09SA158 (Colo. June 28, 2010) Office of the State Engineer July 2010: Colorado Cities and Ranchers Challenge State Engineer’s Rules Exempting Mineral Rich Regions from Water Well Permitting April 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Requires Augmentation Plan Applicant to Replace Pre-Application Depletions Well Augmentation Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District v. City of Aurora 221 P.3d 399 (Colo. 2009) February 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Examines Whether Prevailing Party Costs Are Available to Parties Supporting State Engineer’s Groundwater Rules in Court Cotton Creek Circles, LLC v. Rio Grande Water Conservation District 218 P.3d 1098 (Colo. 2009) August 2009: The Colorado Legislature Passes Two New Laws that Allow for Rainwater Harvesting June 2009: Colorado Supreme Court Rules that Coalbed Methane Wells Must Have Water Well Permits Vance v. Wolfe 07SA293 (Colo. April 20, 2009) May 2009: Colorado Supreme Court Confirms State and Division Engineers’ Authority to Administer Storage Water Rights Based on a Fixed Water Year North Sterling Irrigation District v. Simpson 08SA29 (Colo. March 2, 2009) December 2008: Colorado State Engineer Considers Revisions to Rules Governing Increased Irrigation Efficiency of Surface Water Irrigation in the Arkansas River Basin July 2008: News from the West June 2008: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds Aquifer Sustainability Rules Promulgated by State Engineer—Rules Did Not Impermissibly Restrict Right to Appropriate Water Simpson v. Cotton Creek Circles 07SA42 (Colo. 2008) October 2007: Colorado Supreme Court to Address Groundwater Rules and the Legislatively-Imposed Standard of Sustainability July 2007: Colorado State Engineer Adopts New Written Instructions and Orders for Division Engineers Regarding Water Rights and Storage and Power Generation April 2007: Colorado Legislature Seeks to Fill Gaps in Water Law and Administration March 2006: Colorado: Groundwater Management, Conjunctive Use and Water Banking December 2005: Colorado Supreme Court Upholds State Engineers’ Order Requiring Ditch Owner to Install Suitable Headgate to Prevent Excess Diversions from Purgatorie River Tatum v. People ex rel. Simpson and Witte, ___P.3d___ 04SA382 (Colo. Nov. 7, 2005) October 2005: Water Diversions, Water Rights Selective Subordination Issues in Water Court Litigation Move to the Colorado Supreme Court In Re: Application for Water Rights of the Ground Water Management Subdistrict of the Central Colorado Water Conservancy District 05SA____; Appeal from the District Court, Water Division No. 1, 02CW335, appeal filed July 18, 2005 (Colo.) September 2005: Colorado: Water Supply and the Land Use Connection October 2004: Motions for Summary Judgment Pending against Colorado State Engineer Seeking Determination of “Senior First Rule” and “Selective Subordination” Principles of Water Rights City of Golden v. State and Division Engineer for Water Division 5, et al., Colorado Water Court 03CW176, Water Division 5 July 2004: Legislation Enacted to Repeal Colorado’s Water Right Administration Fee Program. January 2004: Colorado State Engineer Implements Fee Program for Funding Water Rights Administration June 2003: Colorado Supreme Court Pounds Nails into the Coffin of the State Engineer-Approved Temporary Substitute Supply Plans Hal D. Simpson v. Bijou Irrigation Co., et al. Case No. 02SA377, Slip Opinion issued April 30, 2003 April 2003: Colorado Legislature Addresses Water Issues in Current Session February 2003: Colorado Water Judge Voids State Engineer Well Regulations Concerning the Proposed Amended Rules and Regulations Governing the Diversion and Use of Tributary Ground Water in the South Platte River Basin, Case No. 02 CW 108 (Colorado District Court, Water Division One, Order of Dec. 23, 2002). October 2002: State Court: Colorado Supreme Court Clarifies that for Ground-water Used Conjunctively, Historic Use of the Ground-water Right Is Necessary for Change to that Right The State Engineer and the Division Engineer for Water Division 3 v. Bradley ___P.3d___,Case No.01SA295 (Colo.Sept.9,2002). Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District January 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Claimed Conditional Appropriations by Governmental Water Suppliers Lacked Sufficient Evidence Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation Dist. v. Trout Unlimited, ___ P.3d ___ 08SA354 (Colo. Nov. 2, 2009) January 2008: Colorado Supreme Court Refines ‘Great and Growing Cities’ Doctrine for Municipal Water Providers Seeking to Meet Future Water Demands Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited 06SA338 (Colo. Oct. 22, 2007) Park County Water Conservancy District July 2001: Colorado: Water Court Denies Withdrawal Application, Finding Modeling Inadequate to Prove Senior Appropriators Would Not Be Impacted Concerning the Application for Water Rights of The Park County Sportsmen’s Ranch Case No.96 CW 14, Water Division No.1 Pine River Irrigation District December 2009: District Court in Colorado Finds 1891 Act Right of Way For Reservoir Does Not Vest upon Construction Pine River Irrigation District v. U.S., ___F.Supp.2d___ 04-CV-01463-JLK (D. Colo. 2009) San Juan Water Conservancy District January 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Claimed Conditional Appropriations by Governmental Water Suppliers Lacked Sufficient Evidence Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation Dist. v. Trout Unlimited, ___ P.3d ___ 08SA354 (Colo. Nov. 2, 2009) January 2008: Colorado Supreme Court Refines ‘Great and Growing Cities’ Doctrine for Municipal Water Providers Seeking to Meet Future Water Demands Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District v. Trout Unlimited 06SA338 (Colo. Oct. 22, 2007) Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District November 2005: The Colorado Supreme Court Makes Clear that Speculation in Water Is Never Allowed, even in a Change of Water Rights Proceeding High Plains A & M, LLC v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, ___ P.3d ___ 04SA266, 04SA267 (Colo. Sept. 12, 2005) Upper Black Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District May 2010: Colorado Supreme Court Leaves Unchanged the Court of Appeals Finding that Ground Water Management District Rules May Reduce Well User’s Right to Use below Amount Authorized by Permit Meridian Ranch Metropolitan District v. Colorado Ground Water Commission, ___P.3d___ 09CA0131 Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority November 2007: Colorado High Court Finds Colorado’s ‘Injury’ to Water Rights Analysis Needn’t Be Exact—Can Rest on Undisputed Reasonable Predictions and Assumptions Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority v. Simpson 06SA303 (Colo. Sept. 10, 2007) Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District February 2007: News from the West May 2005: Colorado Supreme Court Reviews First ‘Recreational In-Channel Diversion’ Case under New Legislation Colorado Water Conservation Board v. Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, ___P.3d___ 04SA44 (Colo. March 14, 2005) February 2004: Colorado Water Court Awards Controversial “Recreational In-Channel Diversion” for Whitewater Park on Gunnison River Concerning the Application for Water Rights of Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District in Gunnison County Case No. 02CW38 (Water Div. 4 Dec. 26, 2003 Upper Platte Water Conservancy District July 2001: Colorado: Water Court Denies Withdrawal Application, Finding Modeling Inadequate to Prove Senior Appropriators Would Not Be Impacted Concerning the Application for Water Rights of The Park County Sportsmen’s Ranch Case No.96 CW 14, Water Division No.1 Water Supply and Storage Company June 2004: U.S. District Court Rejects the Forest Service's Issuance of Special-Use Permits Without  Bypass Flow Requirements Trout Unlimited v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, et al., ___F.Supp.2d___  96-WY2686-WD (D. Colo. April 30, 2004).

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