Legal Opinion
Water Rights of Columbine Associates v. Columbine Associates
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 14, 2000No. 98SA449PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The Park County Water Preservation Coalition (“Park County Coalition”) appeals a sexennial finding of reasonable diligence in the development of conditional water rights decreed by the District Court for Water Division 1 (“water court”). The water court ruled that the City of Aurora (“Aurora”) demonstrated reasonable diligence in the development of the subject water rights. Aurora owns the conditional water rights at issue in this case and intends to perfect those rights at some point in the future by using the water for the Columbine Reservoir Storage Project. Park County Coalition claims…
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