Monaghan Farms, Inc. v. City & County of Denver Ex Rel. Board of Water Commissioners

The appellant, the City and County of Denver, acting by and through its Board of Water Commissioners (Denver), appeals from an amended decree of the District Court, Water Division No. 1 (water court), that granted the application of appellee Monaghan Farms, Inc. (Monaghan Farms) for determination of rights to “not nontri-butary” 1 ground water from the portion of *11the Denver aquifer underlying Monaghan Farms’ property. The original decree specified the annual amount of withdrawals as 2590.8 acre-feet, the yield estimated by Monaghan Farms in its application. The amended decree revised that…