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<br />/ <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />721 Slate Centennial Bnilding <br />1313 Shennan Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 866,]441 <br />FAX (303) 8664474 <br /> <br />r- <br />5/~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />I <br />,/ <br />I <br /> <br />.'.;J. <br /> <br />/ <br />,', <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Govc:rnor <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br />James S, Lochhead <br />Execntive Di=lor, DNR <br />Daries C, We, P.E. <br />Dire<:Ior, CWCB <br /> <br />May 25, 1995 <br />For Immediate Release <br /> <br />News contact: Steve Miller <br />(303) 866.3441 <br /> <br />INFORMATION SOUGHT ON WATER FOR SALE OR LEASE IN ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />The Water Acquisition Subcommittee of the Arkansas River Coordinating Committee (ARCC) is <br />developing a database of water supplies that may be available for purchase or lease by well augmentation <br />,groups and water users who need additional water to comply with future well pumping augmentation <br />requirements, <br />"This database will be a valuable tool for those of us in the Arkansas River Valley, The <br />information we hope to gather will be useful as water users examine their options in light of the recent <br />V,S, Supreme Court decision in Kansas v, Colorado, Part of any solution to the complex problems raised <br />by the lawsuit will almost certainly require that well pumpers obtain additional water for augmentation," <br />said Alan Hamel, executive director of the Board of Water Works of Pueblo and ARCC member. <br />As part of the database, the subcommittee will inventory the likely costs and impacts of different <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />water acquisition options, <br />"We have sent a request for information to major water supply owners in the valley, but also hope <br />to obtain information from other parties who might have excess water, For that reason, we are asking <br />valley citizens to help put us in touch with anyone who might have some water to sell or lease," said <br />Hamel. <br /> <br />Water owners who would like an information packet about this project should contact Gene <br />Jencsok or Steve Miller at the Colorado Water Conservation Board, 1313 Sherman, Room 721, Denver, <br />Colo, 80203, or call (303) 866-3441. <br />Responses to the questions asked in the information packet will be tabulated by the subcommittee <br />in a database summary sheet, Responses cannot be treated as confidential infonnation. Responses <br />will not be binding in any fashion, <br /> <br />. more - <br />