DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 3, STATE OF COLORADO

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS FILED IN WATER DIVISION 3.

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302(3), you are notified that the following is a resume in Water Division 3, containing notice of all applications and amended applications or requests for correction filed in the office of the Water Clerk during the month of May, 2009.

The names and addresses of applicants, description of water rights, or conditional water rights involved, and description of ruling sought, are as follows:

Case No. 2009CW11 Daniel R. Martinez, 13279 Highway 15, La Jara, CO 81140 (719) 274-0244 Application to Make Absolute in Conejos County Name of Structure: Well No. 6, Registration No. 51230 Date of Original Decree: May 21, 2003, Case No. 2002CW46, Division 3 Water Court Legal Description: NE ¼ of the SW ¼, Section 8, T35N, R9E, NMPM, a distance of 2100 feet from South section line and 1500 feet from West section line. Street Address: 13297 Highway 15, La Jara, Colorado. Subdivision: Tract 2, Cyrus Subdivision. Source: confined aquifer Appropriation Date: December 31, 1947 Amount: 20 gpm Use: Residential Depth: 200 feet. Provide a detailed outline of what has been done toward completion of the appropriation and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures: A 10 inch diameter well was drilled using mud rotary application, approximately 200 feet producing 20 plus gpm production rate of water. Total cost of the drill was $6,000.00. If claim to make absolute: A. Date water applied to beneficial use: December 14, 2004 Amount: 20 plus gpm Use: Residential B. Description of place of use where water is applied to beneficial use: Home, lawn and animal water, domestic purposes and for livestock watering both at the well itself and at other locations on the property. Name, addresses, of owners, where water will be stored: N/A. (Eight Pages with Attachments)

Case No. 07CW52 Concerning the Office of the State Engineer’s Approval of the Plan of Water Management for Special Improvement District No. 1 of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District, Peter J. Ampe, First Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, 1525 Sherman Street, 5 th Floor, Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-5032 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT: Pursuant to section 37-92-501(4)(c) C.R.S. (2008), the Office of the State Engineer, through Counsel, hereby provides notice to interested persons that on May 14, 2009, the Office of the State Engineer approved the Amended Plan of Water Management for Special Improvement District No. 1 of the Rio Grande Water Conservation District received by the Office of the State Engineer on May 11, 2009. Copies of the Amended Plan of Water

1 Management for Special Improvement District No. 1 and the Office of the State Engineer’s approval of the Plan, are available free of charge from the Rio Grande Water Conservation District. The continued hearing on protests to this approval will resume in the Water Division 3 Water Court on September 28, 2009.

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

You are further notified that you have until the last day of July, 2009, to file with the Water Clerk, a verified statement of opposition setting forth facts as to why a certain application should not be granted or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions or a protest to the requested correction. A copy of such a statement of opposition or protest must also be served upon the Applicant or the Applicant’s attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service must be filed with the Water Clerk. A $158.00 filing fee is required. PLEASE NOTE: WATER DIVISION 3 HAS MANDATORY E-FILING FOR ALL PARTIES REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY.

You can review the complete applications or requests for correction in the office of the Alamosa Combined Court, 702 Fourth St., Alamosa, CO 81101.

Witness my hand and seal of this Court this 10th day of June, 2009.

______Shirley Skinner, Clerk of the Court Alamosa Combined Courts Water Court, Water Division 3 702 Fourth Street, Alamosa, CO 81101 SEAL

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