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<br />for its existence or perfection. It does oot require that water Ue put <br /> <br />to actual use, and therefore differs fran the con<.-ept of awropriation of <br /> <br />water up:m which y,estern ::;tates principally, but not exclusively, rely. It <br />establishes a right to water to carry out the pUrp:lse(s) of the federal <br /> <br />reservation as of the tiroe the reservation is initiated, regardless of whether <br /> <br />the water is actually put to use and whether future awropriators under state <br /> <br />law have actual kncMledc:le of its existence. <br /> <br />Because of those features, the federal reserved right has the potential <br /> <br />for creating substantial uncertainty over the right to use water in areas <br /> <br />with federal reservations.14/ <br />D. '!tie Reserved Right Versus Other r'ederal Water Rights <br /> <br />Because the federal governnent owns and manages substantial alOCluntS <br /> <br />of land in the Western States,l5/ these states have Il'aIlifested concern that <br />the exercise of these largely unquantified reserved rights may adversely affect <br /> <br />non-federal water users. Yet the reserved rights issue is only one part <br /> <br />of the water rights relationship between the states an:i the federal goverrullent. <br /> <br />Specifically, sare federallY-<lWl1ed land has not been l"eserved for par- <br />ticular pUrp:lses, and !lOst reserved lard is managed and used in part to <br /> <br />14/ :oee generally pLLRC Report, supra note 7, at 141-451 N.IC Report, <br />supra note 7, at 460-70. <br /> <br />15/ See 1'LIM: lEport, supra note 7, at 22-23. '!tie National Atlas Mal? <br />of Federal Lands, showing the major reservations and other federally- <br />owned lands in the United States, was attached as Appendix 2 to the <br />draft Task Force Report, an:i is not included here. Copies are available <br />in Ro<:n 6310, Depal.tment of the Interior, WaShington, D.C. 20240. <br /> <br />-ll:l- <br />