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