Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

ERICKSON, Justice.

The appellant, the Colorado River Water Conservation District (the River District), appeals from a conditional decree entered by the District Court, Water Division No. 5, which granted to the appellee, the Municipal Subdistrict, Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (the Subdistrict) the conditional rights to the use of water to be exported from the natural basin of the Colorado River. In reaching its decision, the water court determined that the appellee was in compliance with the provisions of section 37-45-118(l)(b)(IV), C.R.S.1973 (hereafter subparagraph IV),1…