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<br />0031?~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />THE CITY/S, LONG-RANGE PLANS FOR ACQUISITION AND UTILIZATION O~ WATER INCLUDE <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PROCUREMENT OF ADDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS OUT OF SURPLUS FLOWS OF BOULDER CREEK AND THE <br /> <br />TRANSFER OF ADDITIONAL UNITS OF DISTRICT WATER ALLOTMENTS r~OM EXISTING ALLOTTEE5. <br /> <br />THE.CITY HAS, ALSO, BEEN PARTICIPATING WITH SEVERAL OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT <br /> <br />IN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF ACQuiRING ADDITIONAL WATER FROM SURPLUS SUPPLIES OUT <br /> <br />or THE COLORADO RIVER. <br /> <br />ACCORDING To INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE CITIES BY THE BUREAU OF RECLAMATION. THERE <br /> <br />IS POTENTIALLY AN ANNUAL AVERAGE OF TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY THOUSAND ACRE-FEET SVRPLU5 <br /> <br />WATEP THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE WINDy GAP AREA NEAR GRANBV, <br /> <br />IN JULY, THt CITIES <br /> <br />PREPARED AND rILED WITH '.H~ STATE ENGINEER TENTATIVE PLANS rOR DEVELOPMENT Or THE PRO- <br /> <br />JEeT. WHEN AND IF SUCH A PROJECT IS BUILT~ A THREE-PARTY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BUR(AU. <br /> <br />THE DISTRICT, AND THE CITIES WOUlD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED FOR CONVEYANCE OF THE CITIES' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />WATER THROUGH THE PRO~ECT SYSTEM. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />DURING THE 1967 SESSION OF THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE, SEVERAL BILLS WERE INTRODUCED <br /> <br />WHICH ADDRESSED THEMSELVES TO PROPOSED SOLUTIONS tOR THE GROWING CONFLICT BETWEEN SUR~ACE <br /> <br />AND GROUND WATER APPROPRIATORS IN THE STAT~. SOME OF THE PROPOSALS WERE IN THE NATURE or <br /> <br />STOP-QAP SOLUTIONS TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS THAT HAD ARISEN IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE STATE. <br /> <br />SEVERAL PROPOSED BILLS CONTRIBUTED CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION TO THE NEEDED SOLUTION OF GENERAL, <br /> <br />WATER ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS. <br /> <br />IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERIOUS PRoBLEMS THAT WOULD ARISE <br /> <br />THROUGH PASSAGE or PIEC~-MEAL LE~ISLATION, THE LEGISLATURE WISELY CHOSE TO, IN EFFECT~ <br /> <br />DECLARE A MORATORIUM ON WATER ADMINISTRATIVE LEGISLATION FOR THAT SESSION. <br /> <br />IT CHOSE INSTEAD <br /> <br />TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDA110N OF MANY WATER PEOPLE IN THE STATE FOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUOY AND <br /> <br />GATHERING or PHYSICAL DATA REQUIRED TO GUIDE A RE-CODIFICATION OF COLORADO WATER LAW. HOUSE <br /> <br />BILL 407 WAS SuBSEQUENTLY PASSED BY THE LEGISLATuRE. <br /> <br />IT PROVIDED FOR THE FINANCING NECESSARY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TO STUDY METHODS BY WHICH INTEGRATED USE OF GROUND AND SURFACE WATER CAN BE ACHIEVED. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~3- <br />