Supreme Court of Colorado
In Re Northern Integrated Supply Project Water Activity Enterprise, a government-owned business organized pursuant…
May 4, 20262026 CO 29
Summary
The court held that a water activity enterprise may exercise its parent water conservancy district's eminent-domain authority when the taking relates to statutory water activities. Because the challenged easements would facilitate the surveying, construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines and related infrastructure for a water-delivery and distribution project, the enterprise had authority to condemn them. The court discharged its order to show cause and remanded for further proceedings.