Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority v. Simpson

This case involves an application for augmentation and exchange filed by the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority ("the Authority"). The proposed plan allows the Authority 10.8 acre-feet of out-of-priority deple-*731tions from its three main diversion points on the Eagle River, and in exchange, the Authority is responsible for releasing augmentation water from Wolford and/or Ruedi Reservoirs. Relying on a table of estimated depletion rates based on a projected mix of uses in the Authority's service area, the Authority calculated its replacement obligations and argued that no injury would inhere…