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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />CO!.ORADOWATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />REPORT ON LARA1IIE RIVER <br /> <br />January, 1951 <br /> <br />.------------- <br /> <br />The purpose of this report is to present the results of the studies which <br /> <br />have been made of the Laramie River situation to assist the Colorado water <br /> <br />users in determining what action, if any, they desire to take. <br /> <br />Three fundainental principles have guided the study. They are: <br /> <br />1. Any agreement with Wyoming is dependent upon some <br /> <br />limitation on the amount of water to be exported from the <br /> <br />"Laramie River Basin in Colorado. It is assumed that Wyoming <br />will be satisfied with a limitation of 19,875 acre feet annu- <br /> <br />ally on the exportations. 'Ibis is the amount to which the <br />exportations have been voluntarily limited wring the past <br /> <br />nine years. <br /> <br />2. The exPorters in Colorado will be satisfied with <br /> <br />a limitation of 19,875 acre feet annual~ provided there is <br /> <br />no undue restriction placed upon them as to the time when <br /> <br />they may divert. <br /> <br />3. Limitations on the headgate diversions by the <br /> <br />meadowlanders must be removed so far as possible. <br /> <br />Exnaustive analyses of stream flows and water uses in Colorado disclose <br /> <br />that there is no perfect solution of the problem. Among the operational plans <br />which were tested out was one based upon the theory that all Colorado diver- <br />Si008..be iireated sa though they had the same priority date. This proved unfair <br /> <br />k <br /> <br />