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<br />Jaeger: If you look at this for the whole river, and see that each farmer could <br />release 20% of his water going back to the river, then that water goes into a <br />COOP and that company can lease it back. <br /> <br />Joe Frank: this is actually taking saved water and releasing it; not drying up <br />the ground; this different from AK, as 25% of the ditch is being dried-up and <br />the water goes into a "super-ditch" company; rotational process. <br /> <br />Jaeger: Studies are focused on how to lease 20,000 acft of water; how is it <br />done technically but also what will the results be. <br /> <br />Jerke: Question to Mike Shimmin: As per leased water, salvaged water and <br />CO statute: <br />Shimmin: careful with terminology: this is not "salvaged water"; "saved <br />water" is not a term of art in water law; concept of change of water right is <br />very flexible; for anyone to say that this would not be allowed under water <br />law, not tme; Change of water right means that water right can be changed <br />without injuring anyone else; nothing that has been discussed, seems to be <br />illegal. <br /> <br />Jerke: Do we have the authority to spend money to study something that is or <br />is not allowable under CO water law. <br /> <br />Jaeger team member: My role is to make sure that we are doing this in a way <br />that complies with CO water law. Looking to operate within existing water <br />law. <br /> <br />Walter Knudsen: Is this an expansion of use? <br /> <br />Jaeger: No. Study is to show that we are using less water on same crops on <br />the same acreage. <br /> <br />Don Ament: Please explain process of linear sprinkler. <br /> <br />Jaeger team member: Linear sprinkler: they will have flow meters in every 60' <br />x 200' section so that they can vary the amount of water being delivered from <br />the linear sprinkler; 40 acres; <br />Crops: corn, winter wheat, oil seed, canolas, sun flowers, soy beans.. .looking <br />at crops that are typical high water users and then others that are not typical. <br /> <br />Fred Walker: From farmer perspective: this is wrong way to engage <br />agriculture to urban needs.. .how to reduce water. I personally have <br />commitments to Western Sugar, Coors Barley and corn contracts; so we are <br />more of an industrial partner; therefore, we do not have the flexibility and <br />availability of excess water that we can commit to a municipality unless the <br />return is higher; as per the return... focus needs to be what is the value of the <br /> <br />5 <br />