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The Pueblo Chieftain Online I Monday <br />4 - , <br />wysiwyg: //11/hftp://Www.chieftain.com/thursday/news/display.php3?article=I <br />Salazar was gratified that Littleworth rejected Kansas' <br />larger claim, which would have included the economic <br />value of the water to Colorado since 1950. Kansas later <br />pared its claim down to $78 million and finally to $62 <br />million. <br />Colorado countered by calculating the value of the water - <br />428,005 acre -feet from 1950 to 1996 - at $4.7 million, <br />adjusted to $9 million for inflation. (An acre -foot is 325,850 <br />gallons, or enough to serve a family of four for a year.) <br />In his findings, Littleworth cited the uncertainties of <br />Colorado being able to deliver a proposed 30,000 acre -feet <br />annually to Kansas. <br />"Colorado proposed first to acquire excess water from the <br />cities of Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Aurora," Littleworth <br />said. <br />"Pueblo was the most promising, indicating that it might <br />have 10,000 to 13,000 acre -feet of fully consumable water <br />available each year for a period of up to 20 years." <br />He said there were questions whether Colorado Springs or <br />Aurora, two cities aggressively pursuing more water rights, <br />would have any excess to sell. <br />Public Service Co., owned by New Century Energies, <br />bought 12,000 acre -feet of Arkansas River ditch rights for <br />a power plant. "The plant has not been built, and the water <br />stock has been leased back to farmers on a temporary <br />basis," Littleworth said. <br />E -mail this story to a friend <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />ADVERTISEMENT <br />Itti r f t ". <br />Please send us your comments and suggestions <br />or e-mail our Webmaster. <br />Privacy Statement <br />Copyright©1996 -2000 The Star - Journal Publishing Corp. <br />Pueblo, Colorado U.S.A. <br />7/10/00 2:05 PM <br />3of3 <br />