Cache La Poudre Water Users Association v. Glacier View Meadows

The applicant Glacier View Meadows, a limited partnership, is a developer of residential lots in the mountains northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado. It filed with the water court two applications for approval of a plan of augmentation. The plans would provide future owners of presently unimproved lots with domestic water from wells to be drilled in the future. The two applications were consolidated in the trial court. Two other similar applications were filed, which involve a maximum of 1344 residential units in addition to the 1892 here involved. Under stipulation of the parties thereto, the two similar applications are being held in abeyance awaiting the outcome of this appeal. The lands embraced in the developments are not within a designated ground water basin as defined in section 37-90-103(6), C.R.S. 1973. The court granted approval of the plan for augmentation in the first two applications. We affirm with some modifications.