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RK senior rights operate as always have. Problems is when senior rights want to change manner <br />of operation. Conditional have to demonstrate no injury to absolute water rights. Could be an <br />inchannel. Transfers and exchanges through stretch could be impacted. Where filing for all water <br />in river creates problem. No leeway to change uses hard for you to evolve uses. Locks tream <br />down. <br />DC wouldn't affect consumptive use rules, etc. <br />Rk unless cause depletion to stream segment with water right. With the definition we have the <br />minimum water is attempt to blend into system. But minimum amount is not reasonably all water <br />in stream every month. <br />DC would be the big concern we would have. Out of drought cycle live dangerously and play ok. <br />But drought years look for water with imagination. Have to make sure senior rights protected. <br />Also with loosign pressure <br />Dave Smith real concern is cities are looking for water. Build storage upstream is an option. <br />Takes any additional storage away when guys say no and take all water downstream. Limits <br />ability to buy senior downstream and move it up. Could be irrigators other projects. In particular <br />with expansion of people so many cities looking for water. Upstream cities will be preculded <br />with golden type deal. Hoepfully get rules in place and avoid in other places. <br />Rk charge to board is to make work w /in current appropriation system and don' allow injury <br />while anticipate future inhabitants needs. Attack appropriation system as arcane not workable but <br />have shown it's an evolving process. Exchanges, transfers, min stream flows. Now rec. <br />Jack some people think arcaic are people who want to get our water. If can bust it up opens door <br />to more fun and games of diff kind. Supreem courts rule it's co's water. Question about golden <br />that that won't affect upstream prior right users. <br />RK not senior users unless want to make a change. For example is exchange /transfers. Though <br />municipalities ones using this primarily. In arkansas are exchanges regularly. Benefit ag and <br />municipal. Temporary or permanent. <br />Jack: there's money to do storage and locations if can get around other issues like envor and so <br />forth. Could come back and help the goldens if don't stand in way of those problems. Can store <br />800 of on colorado instead of going to utah. <br />Dave that can work goes back to statement on arkansas. Almost perfect for rafters. Take <br />advantage of releases and water still strored. On clear creek those facilities don't exist today. Not <br />sure if can be worked out. Golden has ability with large filing to prohibit if so choose. <br />Rk: arkansas briefly. That meeting was last wed. we had 3 people there all from BLM. Has been <br />voluntary program for 11 years to maintain stream flow to maintain flows at 700cfs for rec <br />economy. All groups agreed to operational scheme where deliver from upper res to pueblo in <br />manner that get to them when lower users need it. If water not there state come up with <br />2 <br />