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<br />-';i <br /> Table of Contents <br /> Page <br />Executive Summary 1 <br />I. Introduction 1 <br />II. Description and Definition of Water Salvage 3 <br /> A Irrigation Water Budget <br /> B. Definitions <br /> C. Methods of Improving Irrigation Efficiency <br /> D. Municipal and Industrial Water Use Efficiency <br />ill. Federal Programs Resulting in Salvage 10 <br /> A Federal Salinity Program <br /> B. Other Federal Programs <br /> 1. Clean Water Act <br /> 2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) <br /> 3. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) <br /> 4. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) <br /> 5. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) <br />IV. Legal Standards Implicated by Water Salvage 15 <br />V. Resource Impacts of Water Salvage 19 <br /> A. Water Supply Impacts <br /> B. Water Quality Impacts <br /> C. Groundwater Impacts <br /> D. Environmental Impacts <br />VI. Policy Issues 23 <br /> A Role of the State <br /> B. Resource Tradeoffs <br /> C. Legal Questions <br />VII. Conclusions 25 <br /> <br />A Varying Degrees of Water Conservation <br />B. Various Possible Entitlements to Salvaged or Saved Water <br />C. Various Roles for the State of Colorado <br />