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<br />e <br /> <br />(5) The right of water rights owners'to market their water rights must <br />be protected in the following ways: <br /> <br />(a) Colorado must fully explore flexible, market-based approaches to <br />water supply management, including interruptible water contracts, water <br />banking, in-state water leasing, and groundwater recharge management. <br /> <br />(b) Those seeking to transfer agricultural water to another use should <br />consider leasing or other temporary arrangements for transfer of water, <br />rather than relying exclusively on the purchase of water rights. Leasing or <br />other such temporary arrangements could allow for reversion of the water <br />to agricultural purposes under certain conditions. <br /> <br />(c) In the event that agricultural water is transferred, the transaction <br />must adequately address the need for f\1aintaining the existing tax base, <br />protecting the remaining waterrights in the area, and maintaining the proper <br />stewardship of the land, including revegetation and weed control. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />(6) Appropriate recognition should be given to preservation of flows <br />necessary to support recreational, hydroelectric, and environmental needs <br />concurrent with development of water f?r beneficial consumptive uses. <br /> <br />(7) Adverse economic, environmeqtal, and social impacts of future <br />water projects and water transfers shc)uld be minimized; unavoidable <br />adverse impacts must be reasonably mitigated; all communities involved <br />should commit themselves to identifying and implementing reasonable <br />mitigation measures as an integral part offuture water projects or transfers. <br /> <br />(8) Future water supply solutions must benefit both the area of origin <br />and the area of use. <br /> <br />PAGE 4-HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 03-1019 <br /> <br />e <br />