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DRAFT - 9/26/01 <br />SECWCD - AURORA IGA <br />Whereas, Representative Joel Hefley has introduced H.R. 1714, which will provide the <br />necessary federal authorization to implement the Reoperations component of the PSOP Report, <br />and for initial implementation of the Enlargements; <br />Whereas, Aurora has opposed enactment of H.R. 1714 as introduced; <br />Whereas, Aurora and the Rocky Ford Ditch Sellers Group have filed an application for <br />change of water rights in the Rocky Ford Ditch, Case No. 99CW 169, Water Division 2, seeking <br />to change about 36% of the Rocky Ford Ditch water rights, including 40.2 c.f.s. of "Priority 1" <br />with an 1874 appropriation date, to alternate points of diversion at Pueblo Reservoir and other <br />alternate points; <br />Whereas, Aurora also filed an exchange application (Case No. 99CW170, Water Division <br />2), seeking to exchange the same water upstream from Pueblo Reservoir and Lake Meredith to <br />Turquoise Reservoir and Twin Lakes, and other diversion and storage facilities; <br />Whereas, Southeastern has filed statements of opposition in Case Nos. 99CW 169 and <br />99CW 170; <br />Whereas, Aurora operates a large multi- component water supply system to provide a <br />reliable supply to its citizens, and from time to time, water in amounts above current demands <br />may be present in individual components of the Aurora water supply system, resulting in <br />n <br />