Ouray County’s application to divert water from Cow Creek and store it in Ridgway Reservoir is being opposed by the Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership.

The application for conditional water rights, filed in December in water court, includes other entities that signed on to the application with Ouray County, including Tri-County Water and the Ouray County Water Users Association. The applicants said they want to use the water to “supplement or augment historically irrigated lands, and lands of ...