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1984] COLORADO'S WATER RESOURCES 421 <br /> presence in the use of Colorado's water. It does regulate. It does <br /> challenge, guide and restrain the entrepreneurial system. It probably <br /> will do more. There seems little doubt Colorado will see more state <br /> government in the administration of non-tributary aquifers. It will <br /> see more state government in the adminstration of calls to meet in- <br /> terstate compacts. It will see state government at least maintain its <br /> regulatory role to protect environmental concerns. It will probably <br /> see more financial resources available to those who want to protect <br /> aesthetic and recreational values by competing dollar for dollar <br /> where money, not regulation, makes the difference. It will also see <br /> shifts between public sector and private sector values that will reflect <br /> Albert 0. Hirschman's theory that "in accounting for the swings <br /> from the private-oriented to the public life and back again the notion <br /> of disappointment has provided . . . a crucial mechanism. Disap- <br /> pointment implies some prior mistaken decision or choice. . . .++174 <br /> The amazing thing about Colorado is how small the veers taken <br /> by the state from private to public and back to private have been in <br /> the utilization of water resources. <br /> In the end Colorado's system of water utilization counts on cre- <br /> ative public spirited dedication from its citizens in and out of state <br /> government. If that resource remains alive and available as in the <br /> past, Colorado's water will be used wisely. <br /> 174. A.HIRSCHMAN,SHIFTING INVOLVEMENTS:PRIVATE INTEREST AND PUBLIC ACTION <br /> 134. <br />