East Twin Lakes Ditches and Water Works, Inc. v. Board of County Comm'rs of Lake County
Issued September 8, 2003
In East Twin Lakes Ditches and Water Works, Inc. v. Board of County Comm'rs of Lake County, the Colorado Supreme Court found sufficient evidence in the record to demonstrate that the owners of a water right had not abandoned it. The Supreme Court upheld the water court's reliance on evidence that included maintenance of the ditch, diversions into the ditch in an attempt to put the water to beneficial use, leasing the water right, filing actions in water court to protect the right, efforts to sell the right, and economic obstacles to exercising the right.
