Meridian Service Metropolitan District v. Ground Water Commission

1 In this case, plaintiff-appellant Meridian Service Metropolitan District (Meridian) *394appeals the district court's order finding that Meridian sought to appropriate designated ground water that was subject to the jurisdiction of the Colorado Ground Water Commission (the Commission). Meridian principally asks us to decide whether storm runoff may be classified as "designated ground water" subject to administration and adjudication by the Commission, or whether such water is in or tributary to a natural stream, vesting jurisdiction in the local water court pursuant to the Water Right…