Pueblo West Metropolitan District v. Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District

QUINN, Justice.

The protestants, Pueblo West Metropolitan District, City of Florence, and St. Charles Mesa Water Association (“protestants”), appeal1 orders of summary judgment entered against them by the Division No. 2 water court on their protest to the entry of partially absolute decrees for storage of water in Pueblo Reservoir and Turquoise Lake. We affirm the judgment.

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For many years the Arkansas River and its tributaries constituted the principal source of water for the Arkansas River Valley in southeastern Colorado. In order to supplement this flow of water the United States Congress in…