Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the Town of Estes Park v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

LOHR, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Town of Estes Park (“Estes Park,” or “town”) from the judgment of the water judge for water division 1 denying the town’s application for approval of a plan for augmentation. The trial court based its rejection of the plan on the conclusion that the water relied on by the town for augmentation use is not available for that purpose. Objector 1 Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (“district”) cross-appealed from that portion of the judgment assessing $353.35 against the district as a fee for taking the deposition of W.W. Wheeler, an engineering…