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-p 83W94 SZ: T 99 P.02 <br />JAN-12-1994 0954 FROM GJP(3 BLFEAU O= REC. <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Final Draft <br />NO.4FC-40-x_ JanttarY 5, 1994 <br />CONCERNING OPPORTUNITIES <br />GRAND VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT <br />1. Ba+d <br />The Recovery Implementation Proms for the Endangered Fish Species in the Upper <br />Th <br />Colorado River Basin has identified the 15-Mile read: off0 eCo° River b <br />Palisade, Colorado (Grand Valley Irrigation company and ra„orirtck s7u•.icar_ <br />River as habitat for the Colorado squzwfish <br />R00pnrwy efforts have fix? on Ftonding a dependable water supply for this reach <br />ument the f lows is the 15-1Nfile Reach <br />of the river. One pcAaiblc w'u? ut water to suPP PMjcm <br />aright result from the operation of the Bureau ° lemon non? Recoverery A? <br />Consequently, the recently adopted Recovery Imp Management <br />Study as one of the water <br />Pia aupw) includes the Grand Valley <br />meted elements to be completed by September 1996. <br />To cWkz a the technical, legal and policy issues associated with a different operation <br />interests $re sPoo? the Grand Valley Water Maaa <br />g ? of ragres water mu municipal. Viral and irrigation water users on both the <br />east and west slope as well as Federal and state agencies. <br />I" primary questions ;bat need to be answered aiv* <br />A. What modifications are necessary to the existing canal system which would permit <br />a different canal operatwn: <br />B. Qaonnficasdou of the amount of water which could be conserved through structural <br />and the corresponding operational modifications of the system; <br />c; What are the proposed uses of the conserved water, and, <br />D. What are the legal and institutional issues e Reach to be resolved to protect the <br />conserved water to enhance flows m the 15 <br />IL Sponsors <br />The sdy Proposed under this Memrandum of Understanding (MOU) will be <br />prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation tinder its General I ? tiro ? ? ? ?d <br />requires a 50 percent non-Federal cost share. The Federal. <br />water user organization in the cost-shared study include- <br />- Bureau of Reclamation <br />- G=d Malley Water Users Association (GVWUA) <br />- Colorado Department of Natural Resources (DNR)