April 24, 2008--Lower Arkansas lawsuit awaits judge's decision (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District's lawsuit addressing use of Arkansas River Basin water soon will be ready for a judge's ruling on whether the lawsuit will be allowed to proceed. Attorneys for the district, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Aurora told a U.S. District Court magistrate judge Wednesday they will start submitting more court filings in support of their positions in the dispute if another judge does not throw out the lawsuit. The water district is asking Chief Judge Edward Nottingham to nullify a 40-year contract that Reclamation and Aurora signed in September for storage of water at Lake Pueblo and exchange of water between the bureau and the Denver suburb.
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