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4. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />provide more flexibility for water users who have excess augmentation credits. <br />5. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />allow prepayment of depletions during the winter storage season. <br />6. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature (or the Supreme Court which <br />ever entity is more appropriate) provide a 3-4 day water law/engineering immersion <br />course for water court judges and referees. <br />7. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature (or the Supreme Court which <br />ever entity is more appropriate) empower the water court to use the water referees as <br />special masters. <br />8. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature fund 2 positions at the referee <br />level to be `floating referees' or `circuit referees' who could go to the division that has <br />the largest need. <br />9. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature and/or DNR support any South <br />Platte water entity in pursuing a CREP or EQIP program to the same extent that the State <br />has supported other entities, such as the Republican River Water Conservation District, in <br />pursuing CREPs or EQIP in other parts of the state. <br />10. The Task Force recommends that the Governor's office studies the idea of <br />whether a South Platte Water Conservation District would be of benefit to the region. <br />11. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />allow augmentation plans and SWSPs to use 1974 as the beginning date for determining <br />past pumping depletion obligations. <br />12. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />allow the temporary use of fully consumable water in decreed augmentation plans <br />through a SWSP without having to amend the decreed plan. <br />13. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />remove augmentation obligations for wells that are such a substantial distance from the <br />South Platte River that they have small to no impact on the River. <br />14. The Task Force recommends that the Governor and DNR encourage Colorado's <br />Congressional Delegation to encourage federal funding of the study to reallocate space in <br />Chatfield for more storage. <br />15. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature support by resolution the Yampa <br />River pump-back project.