DENVER—The Colorado Supreme Court is considering an appeal from the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District, whose rights to 140,000 acre-feet of water from the White River were canceled by a water court.
The Denver Post reports ( ) the district wants to build reservoirs east of Meeker to store the water and make it available to oil and gas companies. Yellow Jacket attorney Sarah Klahn says the district also is talking with towns and irrigators.
A coalition of taxpayers whose dollars fund the district opposes the project.
Yellow Jacket told the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday that its board met legal requirements in obtaining the water rights. Opposing attorneys say the board’s actions were invalid because not enough board positions were properly filled at the time.
The court didn’t immediately rule.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
