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<br />\ <br /> <br />2153 <br /> <br />meet congressionally-authOrized management Objectives other than the original <br /> <br /> <br />purposes of the reservation. It is thus evident that reserved rights are <br /> <br /> <br />not always sufficient to l:\eet the needs of all federal agencies in order <br /> <br /> <br />to carry out all the manager.ent responsibilities given them by the Conyress. <br /> <br /> <br />In order to reet the water requirer.ents to fulfill these other needs, ayencies <br /> <br /> <br />must also establish water rights by other mechanisms. <br /> <br /> <br />Furtherr.ore, agencies can in sur.1; circumstances assert a resenTed water <br /> <br /> <br />right or acquire water rights through other mechaniSl.lS in order to perfect <br /> <br /> <br />the right to water needed to carry (Jut federal proyrams. In reality, then, <br /> <br /> <br />the reserved right is intimately linked to, and c.:onstitutes but a part of, <br /> <br /> <br />the agency's yeneral water riyhts needs, policies and procedures. <br /> <br /> <br />There are sUlJstantial uncertainties and unresolved questions concerniny <br /> <br /> <br />the federal governnent's acquiriny water riyhts other than through the reser- <br /> <br /> <br />vation doctrine, and it therefore became clear to the l'ask Force that it <br /> <br /> <br />could not fully carry out its responsibilities without addressing yenerally <br /> <br /> <br />the mechanisms by which the federal goverlynent secures water riyhts sufficient <br /> <br /> <br />to carry out congressionally-mandated manayement proyrarns on the federal lands, <br /> <br /> <br />whether federal reserved water rights are involved or not. <br /> <br /> <br />E. RecaIlIlendations Limited to the 17 Contiguous I/estern States <br /> <br /> <br />The Task For<.'€ quickly decided that, although sane non-Vlestern States <br /> <br /> <br />have genuine ctncerns about state-federal water right relationships, for <br /> <br /> <br />at least three reasons the It'Ost pressiny problems relate to the 'Western <br /> <br /> <br />States. First, these states tend to be r.ore arid, and CCfl\Jetition for scarce <br /> <br />-19- <br />