Water Supply and Demand Study 1/13/11

A -LP Water Animas -La Plata Water Marketing Supply and Demand Study Section 4
re ervation for use elsewhere in the State, they cannot do so without Water Court approval.
Pu suant to the settlement of the Tribes' water rights, the Tribes cannot sell their water out of State
un ess another entity has successfully done so
It hould be noted that one of the purposes of an interstate compact is to apportion the use of a
patticular resource among states sharing that resource, thus minimizing provisions of the interstate
co merce clause of the United States Constitution governing the sale of that commodity across
st to lines. The sale of any Colorado water to any entity in another state may effectively negate the
pr
colt,
of the Colorado and Upper Colorado River Compacts by allowing market forces to work
a ignoring the allocations made by the compact..
6. IGA Exhibit A, Sections 3 and 4
IG N Exhibit A, Sections 3 and 4 describe how the Association will optimize the use of Project storage
ar d deliver water. Rather than having individual accounts in Ridges Basin Reservoir, the Association
wi I operate the storage as a "Joint Pool." In addition, whenever feasible and practical, Project
Sr onsors shall take delivery of their portion of Project water supply by direct flow diversion from the
ri er as measured at the DPP without pumping it into storage. The Association will have to develop
in ernal accounting for this operation.
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