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<br />- <br /> <br />:iMe~'randum regarding RICD may harm river flow <br /> <br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br /> <br />Tuesday, October 04, 2005 <br /> <br />News <br /> <br />Sports <br /> <br />Opinion I Letters <br /> <br />Obituaries <br /> <br />Home I Business I Merchants I Classifieds Archives I Subscribe I Events I Photo Gallery I Contact I <br /> <br /> <br />+ <br /> <br /> <br />Annol <br /> <br />~~, <br />(t <br /> <br />WI <br /> <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />7 <br />Bw <br /> <br />fa <br />fe <br /> <br />,,,',. <br /> <br /> <br />http://www.themountainmail.com/main. asp ?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=5... 10/4/2005 <br /> <br />~,~.:..~ <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />American, Red Cross <br />Mile High Chapter <br /> <br />home: news : news <br /> <br />7/15/20058:58:00 AM <br /> <br />Email this article' Print this article <br /> <br />Memorandum regarding RICO may harm river flow <br /> <br />by Kristen M. White <br />Mail Staff Writer <br /> <br />The Upper Arkansas River flow could be harmed by a proposed memorandum of <br />understanding regarding the Chaffee County recreational in channel diversion water <br />right filing. <br /> <br />Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District board members discussed the matter <br />during their regular meeting Thursday. <br /> <br />Water lawyer Julianne Wold ridge spoke about a proposed memorandum of <br />understanding among water users involved in the recreational filing. <br /> <br />"The memo proposal is causing grave concern for (engineer) Ivan (Walter), (!~eneral <br />manager) Terry (Scanga) and I with respects to the district's interests," she said. <br /> <br />"It appears the negotiation has wording where some senior exchangers would not <br />(exchange water) during certain times to not interfere with the RICO, but would <br />move their exchanges to times it would bump junior water exchangers," she said. <br /> <br />Walter, who participated in the meeting via telephone, said exchanging water at <br />alternate times could pull more water from the river than if exchange periods were <br />unchanged. <br /> <br />"When they postpone the exchange during high flows into periods of low flows, it'll <br />increase the river losses," Walter said. <br /> <br />Scanga said he believes the memorandum would benefit large exchangers such as <br />Aurora, Colorado Springs or Pueblo. <br /> <br />"I don't think this (memorandum) wipes out our negotiations with Chaffee County. I <br />think we need to discuss this with Chaffee County, because I believe the board of <br />commissioners would side with us once they really understand this issue. I dlon't <br />think they understand it now. It's injurious." <br /> <br />In other business, directors discussed a petition for inclusion into the district by <br />citizens of eastern Fremont County and related legal issues..' <br />