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constitute existing uses and that depletions associated with the irrigation of between <br />134,468 and 145,000 acres in Jackson County constitute new water related activities. <br />The irrigation storage and export limits in the Decree also represent existing uses as of <br />1945, and reflect the Supreme Court's recognition that transbasin diversions in some <br />years exceeded 6,000 acre-feet. Since the limitations in the Decree represent historical <br />uses in Jackson County, any depletions within those limits constitute existing water uses. <br />Storing more than 17,000 acre-feet of water for irrigation purposes between October 1 of <br />any year and September 30 of the following year and exporting more than 60,000 acre- <br />feet of water in any period of ten consecutive years are not permitted under the Decree, <br />and, therefare, no new water related activities of these types are contemplated. <br />In addition to existing uses in accordance with the Decree, Jackson County's small <br />population and limited industry consume a small quantity of water under prior existing <br />rights. Colorado does not anticipate significant population growth in Jackson County <br />during the term of the Cooperative Agreement or the first increment of the program.4 <br />Some opportunity exists for the development of new water-intensive industries in <br />Jackson County, such as pulp mills or coal slurry pipelines, though no specific plans are <br />in place. The parties to the Cooperative Agreement agree that municipal and industrial <br />water uses associated with new population growth and new industrial development over <br />July 1, 19971evels will constitute new water related activities. <br />Piscatorial, wildlife, and other environmental uses implemented on or before July 1, 1997 <br />will constitute existing uses. Any uses for those purposes implemented after July 1, 1997 <br />will constitute new water related activities. <br />D. New Water Related Activities <br />For purposes of the Program Cooperative Agreement, the parties hereby agree to the <br />following: <br />1. Agricultural Water Use: Depletions associated with irrigation of between 134,468 <br />and 145,000 acres will constitute new water related activities. The parties agree <br />that net depletions (diversions less return flows) associated with irrigating <br />additional acres as measured at the Colorado - Wyoming stateline equal .83 acre- <br />feet per acre during the irrigation season. <br />2. Municipal and industrial uses: Municipal and industrial uses associated with <br />population growth in Jackson County over the population baseline constitute new <br />water related activities. For purposes of calculating depletions associated with <br />these new water related activities, gross municipal and industrial water uses is <br />4 Jackson County's population increased from 1605 residents in 1990 to 1788 residents in 1998, an annual <br />increase of 1.3%. Over a thirteen year first period covered by the Program's first increment, Jackson <br />County's population would grow to 2150 (assuming present annual growth rates), a difference of 379 <br />residents.