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- - --- - --- CONSERVATION GROUPS COMMENT LETTER - - .Rl.IoIdi Wat.er Sal.. Page 5 A.pen wildern... W rkshop Garfield Count.y Ci lEen. A..oci t.ioR amount ot vater that, at realistic price., WOUld have to be .01 over the r~.inin9 35 year. to venorate this amount. In the.. yay. ater ~ould be aold, repayment. ~ould b. ~.d. and recreation would b. protectod. Tho Aspan Wilderne.. Workshop and the Garfield County Citizens ~..oci.tion appreciate this opportunity to comtt.ent on this draft document. w. definitely teel the Preterred Alternative i. inappropriate, Thr only ~n.tit. ot this ..lection ar. to tho.. racaivin9 such ch.~ vater. w. teal Alternative 6 would CD ~ore appropriate. This mpro. mise alternative would ...ure payback and WOuld provide .ome ~ tit. to illl COl\C.rned. Reapecttully sutnitted""bY Louis. Soyes fori '\sp~n Wilderness Wo )uhop P. O. BOK 9025 t Apsdn, Colo[ado 816 2 Car!igld County Cit ~ens As.ociation l P,"O, Box 604 Clenvood S~rinQs, C lorado 81602 - .. - -.- - - - - - RESPONSE o C) .....1 00 14-15: At reservoir levels of 85,000 acre-feet or greater, no significant adverse affects on recreation use are expected. Below this threshol d some recreat ion facilit i es will be inoperable and exposed mudflats will be great- er. Non-local users may opt to use other reservoirs with similar driving distance and physical features when the reservoir falls below the 85,000 acre-feet threshold. Local users wi 11 continue to use the reservoi runt il it approaches the 52,000 acre-feet level. 14-16: The availability of water for economic develop- ment of western Colorado is an accepted fact. It is also recognized that the resource is finite and that means of allocating water among competing uses is essential. The authorizing legislation for Ruedi Reservoir established pri orit i es of use for water stored in the reservoir, Analysis of the Preferred Alterna- tive shows that stable conditions will prevail for all authorized uses of Ruedi Reservoir given the prevailing uncertainties that exist in the hydrologic setting. .... .... "" '"