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<br />;f6.nseiIDio'i1" moy meov.!akingdrostic measures 10 reduce waler use ~uring limes of emerge.ncy (!.e{dlJ!ughl,w~tllrliile ijre,P1i; IQW;,~~~Slo1'I9!""'\
<br />~Ievels!tc,). Slrict policies ond reslrictions ore implemenled during Ihese emerg~ncies such os walering 1000s o'nly"on'designatedda>>,'cu,t1!1ilgltllil
<br />~~ha!~shing, elc. Once Ihe emergency has pass~d, il is common for users IQgo back'lo Iheir pre~fuergency, nOQ- conservlilive\Yliie( uSe.i!OYS.I."
<br />IfTo'lh~!!JIricullural waler. user, "waler conservalion" conjures up imores,Of expensive waler saving melHods and l{cfiniqueS SUth'o{ canon!~in~
<br />l'1Ip;iii~3!,insla!l,aliorr, ond complele overhouls of delive~ syslef!ls, 01 wi![1lhe i~l~nl of "~vi~g" water lo,be .~~e(~ll!il~e~e ~I~ ~y~5.0I1J~'
<br />~else. ~liOd waler,.monogemenl, on Ihe olher hond, means mokmg Ihe nghl.dlKlSlons and lakmg'lhe appropnale actions ihol will make the IiIOst,
<br />~ilfficien~use of waler lodoy, ond pr~erve supplies for fulure use. . . . . , . " '.' ~
<br />~:rhe B!1ou of Reclomolion has alw~ys promoled I~p effici~n! u,se of~ale!, bUI ,,!ol~r ma.nOjjemenl,a~~ conservaljpn,ie,ollv (~om..~ o,n .~Ii.,e.l~'
<br />~;19B2\1en, as'port of Ihe Reclomollon Reform Act, Reclomollon reqUired woler dlSlnfls and olher enlilies whoflKelved woledrom'RlKlalhalion
<br />,~rojei!(!o prepore ond implemenl wale~ conservo~ion pl,ans: Even Ihough Ihe I~ng.uoge was wri~en.~ I~, .f~v{ ~lon~IN~!,e act,uolly subTitfe!iJo'nd 0,'
<br />eJ.,he q~~1y of those s. ubml"ed wos lockmg: As mlg~1 be, .~~pe~ed, Ihe number.of wa. !er~~nser,vollo~ mJl!l5ures belq9 lm,pleme,nlecLYjOS -I(i;".
<br />liand Illans ~ere~eported 10 be "g~henngdusl' on Re~lomollon shelves by!~e en,V1ro~menlol communily. . . " _ , . ", ,. 'i
<br />~.In resQo~se 10 this' crilicism and 10 address implicalions identified'i'!. a lawsuit broughl Hy-Ihe Nalurol'ResOl!"r~eS'iD.~f8nse (ouncil: Redill11olion'
<br />~RrepQttit. a new sel of crileria,for developing, evolualing ond implemenling'conseryolion plans. The driving forceliiihind'lhis new)cri!~rlo;wos'l1 "
<br />~reguld'io}y approach, wilh Reclamation heoving Ihe final say as 10 whol comprised an ad~uole conserylJliOIi jilan;. The''iriferiaeven weiirciSfcir'.!IS:
<br />~<.Io sUQU1!l,Ihai Reclomalion would,delermine where any IIsoved" waler could go~ As you can imagine, Ihis mandolory and regulolory aJlproam ...,....
<br />l\vas vpll!menlly opposed by local waler dislricts,slole woler monoging enlilies ond. nolional w,m.er inlertsJs, . .... . . .". "
<br />~Reda;!on vienlbock 10 Ihe.drowing board; and, in 1.996,..Ds'part.o{.lhe.'Rnal Enyironmerilal 1'!1ll\!ct,SW~~~'ipJ1amp.!~lIiemcili~n,o,!,Il1,~,;;
<br />,Re~a'J!lOn Reform Act, eSlobllShed ~he Wol~r (~~ervoll~n Reid Servlces;~~ogrom 10 IIl1pleme91lh~ wiiler, cO'1.S,8Jva~o~;R~~J.?ni~9.!i)!Iol~Act. W~: ,
<br />.regulalor,y approoch wos'replaced. Wllh on IOcenllve-based and portnershlp-powered program designed 10 octiy.elfencourpge.llJ1J!ro~ild wafer ...."
<br />~ina.'.na9f. ien". ossisl,;waler, dislricts wilh Iheir responsibilily and/or desire 10' d~velop water,managemenl plans;;~iid.lc. .0.ID. i.ijle,~tril p,o~,$.u,pl~l1.~.~.'~'.: .'.. .'.:
<br />~am! ol~ir conservollon programs. I. , "'r'?"?","r?''', K/,i".C~".: ,
<br />;'T~e. mJr em~hasis of IhePriigram is 10 provide assislance 10 ~Ier m~na9.el!!enl,i~lili~.~ jn Ihe~ev~~pmenl;gf~ale~,;niC!'l~rlf'PI~~:}' '::,1
<br />~,waler~nage,menl pion c~h ho!e lOony ~urposes~ ond .plons. ore"prep~r~difor many,d,ffere.nl reosons::A-plan ~on ~~,u,se.d,os ~~\'9fop!l~"~~ .
<br />~~ocum"m.llo help 0 wOJer monogemenl,enllly explom Ihell",prOled 10'Ihelr shor.eh~lders or,outside P,8oplejil con be used,.ospsales pilc.K.IO'co,nVlJ!cf;.' ~
<br />~.plh~. r~~IO ,work :'lith a d~Slri~.on,a 10 pr~vide funding; it p.uts I~e enlily,on record os one wh~ ~Ives pro~l.eins in,alP~Og. r~iY.e;p.r'~m.)~ way;;O..."d~. '.1.,.'.'
<br />II gIVes~, e enllly Ihe blq pl~ur~ and ~elps 10 see where Improvements can be mode. Oneenlily descrl~d Ihe'~ev~lopmenl of a 'plan ~.,~lakliig . ~,,~
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<br />"~ Re.~ali~n's W~slern (olorodo,.Ar~o':O~ce, which co~ers all of ~e~enf(olorado and4he Son J~on ~jv~("~asI~j!t(o~~!I~1 N~~M~~!t!gl!d>'~
<br />~north~; Anzono, Ihe~e are 17 waler,d'sln~, represenling a 10Iqtlr!'~0Ied aq8jlgeJlf ~~er'~OOi~Oq,acr~, w!Jo,;~r~'!egiJl{@,~!i1Hp~unaerlJlje"M
<br />~Redomal.lon Reform ACI orjconlroctuolly.jlO prepare 0 woler monogemenl plon,.Redamollon,has,.or IS currenily,provldmgassis1ancill~:altllf diese ."
<br />~dislri~n the. developmen.fof Iheir pans, In addilion,'Redomol!~n has w,orked ~Ih ,"i~e o~e+,orgahizalions ~~,~ii,,-e'oskecpoJ .h~IP!1J. ;:
<br />de~e!~. p'mg waler, conservallon pions eve.n Ihough I.hey'ore n91~reqU,...re~ 10,do so ~~~er R"edomo}lo,n'I~.iiA. " ~Nb.e.~!rrJg!JI'on ~er m~nagemenJ\
<br />''nl,l,'ho provide support ~~Ihe W~ler Informollon Progr~m;ho~elllher ~evelop~~ a pl~nl or,o~!~n ~~:~r~.!~ofi~!velo~mg one~: . .' ':
<br />rAs Ihe~our (orners area;conlmu~sJo sufferJrom th~.p'rolonged drl!Ug~l"g9P~.~~mana[emenlls,plgymg.anil!1tretwgly Importonl role In the. :'
<br />Irves Qj~rblin ond rurol walet'uSerS-alike. Aild\YhileiVlii~tma~ageiq~nl'plans canQbI prevent ~i1fo1Jgh'i, Ih~yt~tie'u$ed as a-loa! biwater
<br />manag~~enl enlilies 10 prepore for dry limes, wh,ich will hopefully. reduce Ihe impacts 10 userS ana e~bble Water providers 10'endure iiiUI surViVe '
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