Cotton Creek Circles, LLC v. Rio Grande Water Conservation District

I. Introduction

This is an appeal from a water court's Order Allowing Costs and Setting Further Proceedings Concerning the Costs ("Order Allowing Costs") and a water court's subsequent Order Awarding Costs following a proceeding pursuant to section 37-92-501(8)(a), C.R.S. (2009), to resolve protests to proposed rules and regulations promulgated by the state engineer under the water power rules of section 37-92-501(1), C.R.S. (2009). Appellants Cotton Creek Circles, LLC, Colorado Association of Home Builders, and San Luis Valley Water Co. LLC (collectively "the Objectors") assert that the water…