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Acquisition of Existing Absolute Water Right. Existing absolute non- <br />instream right is acquired and converted for an instream flow. <br />Acquisition of Existing Conditional Water Right. Existing conditional <br />water rights aze acquired and converted for an instream flow, or are retired in <br />combination with the appropriation of a new instream flow water right. <br />Non federal Rights to Reservoir Storage. Acquisition of existing non- <br />federal reservoir storage rights for release at times necessary to maintain instream <br />flows for endangered fish recovery. <br />Federal Reservoir Re-operation. Modification of federal reservoir <br />management practices to accommodate instream flow needs. <br />Acquisition of Salvage Water. -Acquire salvage water and change instream <br />flow uses for fish. <br />3.4.2. Application of Water Acquisition Strategies to Colorado Rivers. <br />Having identified an array of means for acquiring the water necessary for the recovery of <br />endangered fish, the remaining task for the group was to determine which of them should be <br />applied to what rivers in Colorado on a seasonal basis. The group compiled this information into a <br />coded chart, the results of which have been re-configured into Table 3.4.2.1. at the end of this <br />chapter. Subsequent to the July session ,the concept of the appropriation of a conditional instream <br />water right evolved into a broader concept, and is nb longer strictly limited to a conditional water <br />right. In Table 3.4.2.1, this concept is referred to as a "conditional junior water right." <br />3-11 <br />