Colorado's Water Interests

• File Number: 8200.700
• Description: Colorado River-Colorado River Basin-Colorado River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: Western Slope
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/1982
• Author: Colorado Forum
• Title: The Upper Colorado River Basin and Colorado's Water Interests
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

In-Stream Flow Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The Sal inity Bugaboo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Salinity and Metro Denver Transmountain Diver-
sion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Attitude of High Country Comnunities to
Metro Denver Transmountain Diversion . . . . . . . 126
HostiZity to the Denver Water Department ... 128
Is the Easterm SZope Looking at aZZ of its
Water Options? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
i~io ShouZd Par~ for the Negative Impacts of
Transmount,azn Diversion? . . . . . . . . . . 130
WiZ2 the Western SZope Need the Water? .... 132
Is There a Way Out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
CHAPTER XI: A BASIS FOR COMPROMISE ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
The Case of Windy Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
A Possible Strategy for~the Water Board? ...... 140
A Missouri River Basin Option? . . . . . . . . . . . 146
CHAPTER XII: AUGMENTATION OF SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES ....... 150
Colorado's Vast Groundwater System . . . . • • • . . 150
The Manipulation of Snowpack . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
The Downstream Re-Use of Water . . . . . . . . . . . 153
CHAPTER XIII: CONCLUDING REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
A F I NAL STATEMEIVT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . 159