7732

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7732
• Author: Center for Public-Private Sector Cooperation, U. o. C.
• Title: Recommendations on the Legal, Policy, and Institutional Issues Related to Instream Flow Protection in Colorado.
• USFW Year: 1993.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

II's plenary in July, 1992. The first task was to identify various strategies generically, and the
• second was to determine during what seasons of the year each of these strategies should be applied
on what rivers in Colorado. Listed below are the various generic strategies identified by the group;
following that is a table compiled by Guru II members in plenary session reflecting their
recommendations as to which strategies should be applied where and when (CPPSC,7/20192).
3.4.1. Generic Descriptions of Water Acquisition Strategies.
Appropriation of art Absolute Junior Water Right. CWCB files for a
new junior absolute water right to fulfill the RIP. This strategy would be used
when there is no direct conflict with Colorado River compact apportionment and the
CWCB accepts the technical and biological basis for the instream flow
recommendations made by the FWS.
Appropriation of an Interim Water Right. Filing for an interim instream
• water right for the full flow recommendations for fish when either the impact on
compact apportionment or the technical/biological basis of the flow
recommendations is uncertain; periodic review of adequacy of recommendations
and impacts on other water users.
Appropriation of Combined Absolute and Interim Water Right. Filing
for a two part right: an absolute right for less than the amount that may be needed
for fish in the event of compact conflict, combined with an interim right to fulfill
the remainder of flow needs that may be in conflict with the compact apportionment
or that may be technically/biologically uncertain, to accommodate possibility of
change in flow recommendations; periodic review of adequacy of recommendations
and impacts on other water users.
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