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<br />Comments to SWSI, November 3,2003, by John Wiener <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br />ffl don't think there's any question this drought has exposed the vulnerabiHties of our water supply <br />systems~lf he said. ..And I think we are in a period of ~radeoffs where traditional uses may be <br />Umited until <br />better weather comes back. <br /> <br />11There aren't too many degrees of freedom in the equation any more1 t. Binney added. IISome of <br />the ideas jn thjs report are good ones, but the solution is not as simple as they suggest. .. <br /> <br />Binney is helpjng Aurora draft legislation that would aUow senior water rights holders, mainly <br />farmers, to lease a portion of their supplies to cities, something that's not aUowed under current <br />water law. <br /> <br />..We recognize water projects take eight to 12 years to buUdJ II he said. IIWe need to start <br />recovering our reservoirs faster than that II <br /> <br />State agriculture officials also say no workable solution can dismiss new storage proposals out of <br />hand. <br />[end} <br />