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2. An appropriated right does not mean -water will be available for use <br />3. Agricultural water is the prime target for `eater transfers to urban and recreational uses <br />Fire beliefs held by it majority- of participants: <br />1. Money- has become the means for allocating -water <br />2. The market is not always the appropriate method for allocating -water <br />Protecting existing individual water rights is important <br />4. Water court decisions have been favorable to agricultural interests, a belief held b-° those inside <br />and outside the agricultural community <br />5. Current `water law is quite functional <br />Five areas of disagreement: <br />1. The "use it or lose it" doctrine is seen by some to encourage `wasteful use of `water, `while others <br />believe it has no detrimental impact. <br />2. There is strong division of opinion on -whether there is a connection between land use and -water <br />planning. <br />3. Some respondents believe the recent drought proved the inadequacies of the current -water <br />system, `while some felt just the opposite. <br />4. Some respondents think there is plena- of water if used wisely, while others see a shortage and <br />think new water needs to be developed. <br />There is significant disagreement as to -whether or not environmental claims have limited legal <br />recognition. <br />DU Water Futures Panel <br />The DU Water Futures Panel identified eight lei- priorities: <br />1. Embrace fairness, trust, respect, and openness in water supply planning <br />2. Encourage water conservation <br />3. Encourage partnerships between urban and agricultural -water users <br />4. Eradication of non-native phreatophytes <br />5. Streamlining water court <br />6. Encouraging state-wide perspective on -water storage and infrastructure projects <br />7. Facilitating cooperation bet-ween river basins <br />8. Planning for potential climate change and drought <br />CO 64 Principles - Included in the ISCC Charter as Guiding Principles <br />1. All Colorado water users mist share in solving Colorado's `water resource problems. <br />2. The State of Colorado should provide assistance, when requested, for local -water supply <br />planning and assist in the implementation of consensus-based -water resource solutions that <br />respect local authorities, private propertw, and water rights. <br />3. During the process of planning to meet future needs, water suppliers and utilities should give <br />preference to development of economically- viable local `water sources and demand management <br />as they consider other options, including development of new water transfers. <br />4. Additional -water storage should be pursued through the improvement and rehabilitation of <br />existing structures and the development of new structures. These activities should be <br />accomplished -with local consensus. <br />13