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<br />0288 <br /> <br />Kevin Prart, Water Resources Artornev <br /> <br />Water Resources. Mr. Prart is an artorney specializing in water and water quality law, counseling <br />government and serving a wide range of water users such as ranchers, ditch companies, Jenders, and <br />developers. He has worked with a wide variety of water and environmental regulation issues, <br />including the impacts of water transfers, interstate river compacts, cooperative water management, <br />water conservation, endangered species, wetlands, water treatment and drinking water quality, and <br />sewage treatment. Most of his work has been in the Arkansas River basin. <br /> <br />Water Transfers. He has acted as counsel for the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, <br />Moffat County, the St. Charles Mesa Water District, Fort Lyon Ownership of Water ~W). Newsham <br />Hybrids (USA), City of Yuma, Arizona and the State of Colorado. He was lead counse for a plicants <br />on the Pueblo Reservoir Winter Storage Program, and for objector of RockY ord <br />Ditch (RIG) water to Aurora. He was an active participant in th ort L on trans er, Las Animas <br />transfer, Amity Great Plains transfer, and Kansas v. Colorado casestAs le~ counsel, Mr. Prart has <br />managed several teams. ....1.--7 ^ A~ <br />~J\ () t:'S.1~~ '1 <br /> <br />~ , <br /> <br />~I <br /> <br />Milliken Research Grouo <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Dr. J. Gordon Milliken of Milliken Research Group (MRG) has for ov twenty-D r undertaken <br />a variety of research studies relating to water resource development. e mu n-disciplinary research <br />has been connected within the MRG organization since its founding as Milliken/Chapman Research, <br />Inc. in January 1986. Earlier from 1968 to 1985 these MRG professionals constituted the water <br />resources research staff of the Denver Research Institute, University of Denver. Much of their <br />experience was gained on institute research projects. Their work has included several water policy <br />research studies on such topics as the analysis of social and economic and environmental impacts of <br />water resource proposals. Representative projects of the Milliken Research Group are outlined below: <br /> <br />Assessing Economic Benefits and Allocating Costs of Nebraska Water Development Project. The study <br />analyzed existing methods for determininl! economic benefits oflarl!e water develooment projects for <br />aII~costs among these projects among various groups and beneficiaries. The study included an <br />evaluation of each existing method of determining fish, wildlife, outdoor recreation, and tourism <br />benefits of water development projects to assess its applicability and suitability for use in the state of <br />Nebraska. The study team developed a new method that met the evaluation criteria berter than other <br />methods examined. <br /> <br />Water Supply Policies and City of Denver/Suburban Relationships - Policy analysis and study by '\ \, <br />Milliken Research Group defined the economical, social, and institutional political impacts that may ki'- 0\><.0 <br />result from each of four general policies on water service to suburban areas during the next twenty- U <br />five years. The relationship between water service and urban growth is analyzed as was the question . l:!!r <br />of effesW't'nes.t.. and desirability of using suburban water se~e constraints as a technique for growth . JVV': . <br /> <br />m~t. - ~~'(''J'' 'I <br />\..ftJ <br /> <br />Studies on the Economic Impacts of the Federal Reclamation Program - Milliken Research Group and <br />the disciplinary team completed a series of three national economic impact studies for the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. <br /> <br />27 <br />