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<br /> <br />1383 <br /> <br /> <br />, . ~",', <br /> <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER WAT <br />CONSERVATION DIS <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />.../ <br /> <br />GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO <br />303/945.8522/ P.O. BOX 1120 <br /> <br />NEW MEXICO <br /> <br />KLA. <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION <br />CONTACT: CHRIS TREESE <br />(303) 945-8522 <br /> <br />July 31, 1992. <br /> <br />craig, Colorado. <br /> <br />The Colorado River Water <br /> <br />Conservation District Board held a special meeting in Craig . July <br />30, 1992 to review and discuss issues affecting future water supply <br /> <br />and demands in the Yampa Valley. Additionally, the Board attended <br /> <br /> <br />a public meeting about the Yampa River Alternatives Study the night <br /> <br />prior. <br /> <br />The Alternatives Study is a technical study and a public process to <br />evaluate the water future of the Yampa River Basin and how the <br />River District's Juniper and Cross Mountain reservoir decrees can <br />assist. The Board of the River District initiated the study to aid <br /> <br />its evaluation of the alternative ways to put these valuable water <br /> <br />rights to beneficial consumptive use in order to meet future <br />demands for water in the Yampa Valley. The study's oreliminarv <br />recommendation, preserited at the public meeting is: <br />utilize a portion of the Juniper Reservoir decree to enlarge <br />the existing Elkhead Reservoir from its current capacity of <br /> <br />13,800 acre feet to 52,000 acre feet, <br /> <br />-MORE- <br />