Change of Water Rights of the Twin Lakes Reservoir & Canal Co. v. City of Aspen

The water court entered a decree permitting The Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company (here called the Company) to change the nature of use of water rights from direct flow and storage for irrigation purposes to direct flow and storage for irrigation, domestic, commercial, industrial, municipal and all beneficial purposes. The City of Aspen, the Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County and the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District took this appeal. We affirm.

The record in this case contains 3741 folios. The exhibits fill a fair-sized carton. The water court’s findings of fact,…