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<br />Framework' proposes ways for each agency to reach their long-term goals." <br />Clinton released the Framework today at the Colorado River Water Users <br />Association annual conference here. "Considering the talent and experience of water <br />experts in Southern California and throughout the Colorado River Basin, we certainly <br />ought to be able to put aside differences and come up with a plan that benefits every <br />party," he said. <br />"While liD certainly does not have all the answers, we want to be a catalyst for <br />discussions that develop long-term solutions which focus on everybody's needs, not just <br />our own. We'd like the other agencies to join to refine these and other ideas so that they <br />can be in place by the middle of 1997. <br />The liD proposal Jeatures three elements that form a basis for developing a long- <br />term regional water framework: <br />1. California would agree to meet its needs within its 4.4 million acre-foot annual <br />apportionment by the year 2010, primarily through additional water conservation <br />and transfer programs. <br />2. A part of the unmet needs of water users in Arizona, California and Nevada would <br />be satisfied through a revised operating strategy for Lake Mead and Hoover Dam. <br />This strategy would allow pre-release of flood control spills which would likely occur <br />during any subsequent five-year period. <br />3. All Lower Colorado River Basin water users would pay a fee for using the unused <br />apportionment of other states or agencies, and for using surplus river water. The <br />money would go into an Augmentation Fund to develop and implement plans that <br />-more- <br />