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Executive Summary Other in-basin shortages will occur in areas that have limited surface water supplies or non-renewable groundwater. Unincorporated EI Paso County in the Arkansas Basin and Douglas County in the South Platte Basin are examples of areas that currently rely heavily on non-renewable groundwater to meet existing demands. Gaps are projected in these areas, since these supplies are not replenished and continued groundwater pumping will reduce the yield of existing wells, which will further increase the gap between supply and demand. Other areas, such as unincorporated areas of Park and Jefferson Counties in the South Platte Basin, have limited groundwater availability in the mountain areas and future development may be limited unless surface water supplies are developed and delivered to these areas to supplement the limited groundwater. Table ES-4 Major Interstate Compacts, Decrees, and Endangered Species Programs by Basin ~ Arkansas -.. .~- . .. ~ -- . ~ '~° -:• , ~ , , . • •. •-~'e e' • ' •• . Arkansas River Compact ~. . • ~'~ . 1948 Kansas vs. Colorado 1995 Colorado / Colorado River Compact 1922 Upper Colorado River Compact 1948 Upper Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program - Dolores/San Juan/ San Miguel / Colorado River Compact 1922 La Plata River Compact 1922 Upper Colorado River Compact 1948 Animas-La Plata Project Compact 1969 San Juan Endangered Fish Recovery Program - Gunnison / Colorado River Compact 1922 Aspinall Unit Operations - Upper Colorado River Compact 1948 Upper Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program - North Platte/Laramie / Nebraska vs. Wyoming 1945 Wyoming vs. Colorado 1957 Platte River Endangered Species Program - Rio Grande Rio Grande River Compact 1938 Costilla Creek Compact 1944 South Platte / South Platte River Compact 1923 Republican River Compact 1942 Platte River Endangered Species Program - Yampa/VVhite/Green / Colorado River Compact 1922 Upper Colorado River Compact and Yampa River Portion 1948 Upper Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program - J~~a $~ole'ri~ice Wo~e' $upplY Initia~ive ~~ S:\REPORT\WORD PROCESSING\REPORT\EXEC SUMMARY 11-10-04.DOC ES-21