FRICO, Burlington Ditch, United Water, ECCV Water Rights
Application Case Nos. 02CW105 and 02CW403 Front Range, Colorado Deere & Ault Consultants, Inc. represented the City of Aurora as an
objector to the system-wide application for change of use of water rights in the
FRICO-Barr Lake Company and Burlington Ditch, Land and Reservoir Companies Barr
Lake Division, alternate point of diversion, alternate point of storage, right
of exchange, and new diversion and storage water rights in Colorado Water Court
Case Nos. 02CW105 and 02CW403.
These cases involved the transfer of water rights from a large reservoir and
ditch irrigation network to provide replacement water for depletions caused
by pumping wells for municipal purposes.
Deere & Ault performed a detailed analysis of the physical and
administrative development and historical use of the subject water rights. This
investigation included field analyses of the farms which were evaluated by the
applicants to determine the historical consumptive use of the water rights.
Deere & Ault provided expert witness testimony and litigation support
during the 16-day water court trial in Case No. 02CW403. Specifically, Deere
& Ault provided the prevailing expert witness testimony on several critical
trial issues including irrigation efficiency, canal conveyance loss, and conditions
for the future changed use of the water rights.
