Legal Opinion
Centennial Water & Sanitation District v. City & County of Broomfield
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 1, 2011No. 09SA213PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eid
The City and County of Broomfield ("Broomfield") filed an application for conditional appropriative rights of exchange in the district court for Water Division No. 1 for two claimed exchange reaches on the South Platte River and Big Dry Creek, a tributary of the South Platte River. The conditional appropriative rights of exchange included claims to seventeen sources of substitute water supply: nine that Broomfield owns or controls and eight that Broomfield admittedly does not own or control. Centennial Water and Sanitation District ("Centennial") and the City of Boulder ("Boulder") (together…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- Dallas Creek Water Co. v. HueySupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
- Simpson v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 2003
- City of Florence v. Board of Waterworks of PuebloSupreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- City of Aspen v. Colorado River Water Conservation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1985
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- City & Cty. of Denver v. Consol. Ditches of Water Dist. No. 2Supreme Court of Colorado · 2019
- Concerning the Application for Amendment of an Augmentation Plan of Independence Water and Sanitation District in Elbert County. v. Independence Water and Sanitation District, Applicant-Appellee Franktown Citizens Coalition II, Inc. and West Elbert County Well Users Association, Opposers-Appellants and Division 1 Engineer. Pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e)Supreme Court of Colorado · 2025
- Concerning the Application for Amendment of an Augmentation Plan of Independence Water and Sanitation District in Elbert County. v. Independence Water and Sanitation District, Applicant-Appellee Franktown Citizens Coalition II, Inc. and West Elbert County Well Users Association, Opposers-Appellants and Division 1 Engineer. Pursuant to C.A.R. 1(e)Supreme Court of Colorado · 2025