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Page 2 of 2 <br />year or more. <br />And if there is a compact call, how much will Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico each have to <br />provide to the lower -basin states? <br />"These are questions that have never been asked before," said Eric Wilkinson, general manager of <br />the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District. <br />Colorado officials contend the state is legally able to develop another 600,000 acre -feet from the <br />Colorado River, but some hydrologists have questioned whether that water is really there. <br />"We're definitely going to have to reassess the amount of water available to us in the upper basin," <br />Balcom said. <br />Some legislators believe Colorado got shortchanged by the 1922 compact and suggest reopening <br />negotiations on the agreement. <br />State Sen. Jack Taylor, R- Steamboat Springs, asked Balcom whether he supported a new dam - <br />building program to create more storage. <br />"If this drought lasts much longer, it's going to change the rules by which we evaluate new storage <br />projects," Balcom replied. "If there's ever a (compact) call, any new reservoir storage would be <br />junior to the compact, and, bingo, we wouldn't be able to fill new reservoirs." <br />http: / /www.denverpost.com/cda/article /print /0 ,1674,36 %7E53 %7E2104839,00.htm1 4/26/2004 <br />