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<br />designed and operated in compliance with state water law. If state law is changed or found <br />to currently allow claims to salvaged or saved water, the federal government may make <br />equitable or legal arguments that this water should accrue to the U.S. <br /> <br />Another policy raised by salvage in the Grand Valley relates to interstate compacts <br />and whether the extent of an eventual compact call is too speculative to be factored into <br />present day water allocation decisions. A related compact issue is the difficult question of <br />how to use the Board's instream flow authority near state lines in a manner that will preserve <br />important Colorado environments along the State's borders while not impairing the State's <br />ability to fully consume compact entitlements. <br /> <br />VIII. Findings <br /> <br />Based on the foregoing analysis and the discussion undertaken by the Board with <br />respect to broad questions of water salvage and saving, the following findings can be made: <br /> <br />a) Based on present knowledge of salinity control activities in the Grand Valley <br />some unquantified amount of salvage/saved water may be available. <br />b) To quantify the amount that is now or may become available in the future <br />would require detailed engineering and operation studies of the Grand Valley <br />Project and the Grand Valley Irrigation Company. <br />c) Salvage/saved water from the Grand Valley Irrigation Company system is not <br />likely to become available because GVIC shareholders voted not to <br />participate in the salinity control program. <br />d) If the availability of salvage/saved water is established, the legal and policy <br />issues affecting water management described in the report can be addressed. <br /> <br />bj294a.<p' <br /> <br />9 <br />