R.J.A., Inc. v. Water Users Ass'n of District No. 6

LOHR, Justice.

R.J.A., Inc. (applicant) appeals from a judgment of the water judge for water division 1 denying its application for a de veloped water right. 1 The applicant based its claim on a project that will reduce water loss from a marshy mountain meadow by removing the underlying peat moss, thereby eliminating a saturated, seepy condition. This will decrease evaporation from the soil and surface and reduce evapotranspiration from grassy vegetation. We affirm the judgment.

R.J.A., Inc. operates a summer resort business on property located south of Estes Park, Colorado, in a mountain…