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Draft <br /> 3/7/85 <br /> STRATEGIES AND POLICIES FOR <br /> WATER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN COLORADO <br /> A Discussion Paper <br /> Prepared by the <br /> Colorado beater Conservation Board <br /> , 1985 <br /> Introduction <br /> The 1970s and 1980s have brought changes which alter the <br /> circumstances confronting Colorado in the development of its <br /> water resources . Environmental laws and regulatory requirements, <br /> interstate water quality issues, competing demands for instream <br /> flows , economic problems in the agricultural sector , and a <br /> continuing lack of significant new demands for industrial water <br /> supplies are among the forces at play. Most importantly, the <br /> pace of the federal reclamation program has not proceeded as <br /> originally anticipated. Indeed, it has even become obvious that <br /> Colorado is unlikely to obtain, through the traditional <br /> Congressional appropriations process , all of the projects <br /> originally promised it. In short, water development in Colorado <br /> faces new realities. <br /> In light of these changing conditions , one often hears calls <br /> for a "state water plan"--a master blueprint specifying which new <br /> water projects will go forward and when. This necessarily <br /> S <br /> 310 <br /> p/s/wd <br />