Opinion ID: 9047786
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: judgment

Text: Judgment is awarded against the State of Colorado in favor of the State of Kansas for violations of the Arkansas River Compact resulting from postcompact well pumping in Colorado. Judgment is awarded in the amount of $34,615,146.00 for damages and prejudgment interest, including the required adjustment for inflation, arising from depletions of usable streamflow of the Arkansas River at the Colorado-Kansas Stateline in the amount of 428,005 acre-feet of water during the period 1950-1996. The damages were paid in full on April 29, 2005. Costs through January 31, 2006, including reallocation of Kansas’ share of the Special Master’s fees and expenses, are awarded to Kansas in the amount of $1,109,946.73. These costs were paid in full on  June 29, 2006. By Stipulation, $100,000.00 of the Special Master’s fees and expenses are reallocated from the United States to Kansas. Kansas’ claims regarding the Winter Water Storage Program and the operation of Trinidad Reservoir and all Colorado Counterclaims are hereby dismissed.