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Table of Contents <br />3.8.4 South Platte Basin Land Use ............................................................................ <br />3.8.5 South Platte Basin Surface Geology ................................................................. <br />3.8.6 South Platte Basin Surface Water ..................................................................... <br />3.8.7 South Platte Basin Groundwater ....................................................................... <br />3.8.8 South Platte Basin Water Quality ...................................................................... <br />3.8.9 South Platte Basin Areas of Environmental Concern, Special Attention Areas, <br /> and Threatened and Endangered Species ........................................................ <br />3.8.10 South Platte Basin Energy and Mineral Resources ........................................... <br />3.9 Yampa/White/Green Basin ................................................................................................. <br />3.9.1 Yampa/White/Green Basin Geography ............................................................. <br />3.9.2 Yampa/White/Green Basin Climate ................................................................... <br />3.9.3 Yampa/White/Green Basin Topography ............................................................ <br />3.9.4 Yampa/White/Green Basin Land Use ................................................................ <br />3.9.5 Yampa/White/Green Basin Surface Geology .................................................... <br />3.9.6 Yampa/White/Green Basin Surface Water ........................................................ <br />3.9.7 Yampa/White/Green Basin Groundwater .......................................................... <br />3.9.8 Yampa/White/Green Basin Water Quality ......................................................... <br />3.9.9 Yampa/White/Green Basin Areas of Environmental Concern, Special <br /> Attention Areas, and Threatened and Endangered Species ............................. <br />3.9.10 Yampa/White/Green Basin Energy and Mineral Resources .............................. <br />Section 4 Legal Framework for Water Use <br />4.1 Overview of State Water Laws ............................................................................... <br />4.1.1 Colorado's Prior Appropriation System ................................................. <br />4.2 Interstate Compacts, Equitable Apportionment Decrees, and <br />Memora nda of Understanding ................................................................................ <br />4.2.1 Arkansas Basin ..................................................................................... <br />4.2.2 Colorado Basin, Dolores/San Juan/San Miguel Basin, Gunnison Basin <br /> and Yampa/White/Green Basin ............................................................. <br />4.2.3 Rio Grande Basin .................................................................................. <br />4.2.4 North and South Platte Basins .............................................................. <br />4.3 Specific Tools for Addressing Water Needs ........................................................... <br />4.3.1 Water Storage Rights ............................................................................ <br />4.3.2 Conditional Water Rights ....................................................................... <br />4.3.3 Changes of Water Rights ...................................................................... <br />4.3.4 Leases of Water .................................................................................... <br />4.3.5 Augmentation Plans .............................................................................. <br />4.3.6 Instream Flows ...................................................................................... <br />4.3.7 NewAppropriations ............................................................................... <br />4.3.8 Groundwater Rights .............................................................................. <br />4.3.9 Reuse .................................................................................................... <br />4.3.10 Conservation Activities .......................................................................... <br />~~ <br />3-64 <br />3-64 <br />3-64 <br />3-65 <br />3-66 <br />3-67 <br />3-67 <br />3-75 <br />3-75 <br />3-75 <br />3-75 <br />3-75 <br />3-75 <br />3-76 <br />3-76 <br />3-77 <br />3-77 <br />3-77 <br />4-1 <br />4-1 <br />4-3 <br />4-4 <br />.. 4-4 <br />.. 4-5 <br />..4-5 <br />..4-6 <br />..4-6 <br />.. 4-6 <br />.. 4-7 <br />..4-7 <br />.. 4-8 <br />..4-8 <br />..4-9 <br />.. 4-9 <br />4-10 <br />4-11 <br />~~ <br />Sfvtewide Woter Supoly Initiofive <br />IV S:\REPORT\WORD PROCESSING\REPORT\TOC 11-11-04.DOC <br />