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<br />Administering, Managing and Regulating Water <br /> <br />Trans-mountain Diversions and Basin of Origin Protection <br />A tr.m5-mountam d,version occurs when water IS exponed from one water- <br />shed into anolher. \\cst Slope water dl\'cned to points east of the Contmcmal <br />Dinde supplies man)" Front Range water uses. This Imponed waler is 100 per. <br />cent consumptl\'e. This means that the water can be reused to extinction, and IS <br />not requIred to provide return flows. This IS because the law recognizes that no <br />waler from the di\"erslon \Iril\ ('ver now back to ItS basm of origin. <br />In the Colorado Rl\'cr BaSin specifically, Colorado statutes reqUire that water <br />conservancy distncls have basm of ongin pnne(tion plans In plan:- as a condl- <br />lion for exponmg water from the natural Colorado River Ba.<,m to other areas <br />of the slale. The General Assembl)" has not extended this reqUirement to other <br />enllties, such as municipaliut"S, or LO waler appropnated and remO\'ed from <br />other basins <br />According to the Slalllle. a basin of origin protecllon plan must include <br />measures (or thc design, constrtlC(lon, and operation of water exponation facili. <br />ties, so that present and future beneficial consumpth'e \\,tlter uses will not be <br />impam'd, nor Increased In C('lst, at the expense of the water users ....;thin the <br />natural basin <br />A 1003 statutc prondes for replacement 01 losl tax revenues for up 10 30 <br />years when agncultural water nghts are permanentl)' removed from one county <br />for use m another county <br /> <br /> <br />Water Storage <br />In hiS I Rio.} Rq>tm 0'1 Ihe Lmds ll/Ihr <br />And R(l;l,'ns. J"lm \\'l'sky PoweJ1 strc<;.~d <br />the nreessny "I w,lIcr ~1\1rJgr In th.' Wl'st- <br />an lntled ~tates Hc ft'.ued that cNpor,ltr <br />nt.mop.l!le:; wtluld nmlrolthc SOlie ,md US<.' <br />of watl'r unle.." ~(I\"t:mlnent mtCl"n:nt'd on <br />beh.lll ot the iarmer.. <br />In 19112 Cnngre<;s pas~d Ihe <br />Rechmlatll'n Au III help Colorad(l .1nd <br />lh,' (llher wrstem Slates !manu: H."'ooCrYOlrs <br />Lnd('r a prll\'tSlon ,)Itht'" R('clamalll1n Act. <br />,111 r,','l;!malllltl pn)jl'clS must ohtaln wal,'r <br />n~bt.. h.l~d ,'n still,' bw <br />Faled with requlrt'mt'"nts m Ihe <br />Redarn.lll'lll All klr k>cal pmJl'lI spo.mSt.n" <br />III h,'lp fep.1\ .1 po.mwll of pmJell CllSb, <br />Ihe CllIe'radl' (,enn;!! Assembly .ld"p1,'d <br />l.lw~ \.:r~;llmg 1fn,c;,1l1lln d1~lnl'ts, water <br />nlUMT\'all~:\' dlSlnl'ls. and waler l'onSt~r- <br />valllln dblnlt;. Th,'sc ~n!ll1CS were gl\'cn <br />,Illth'>nly Ie' l,'ntralt dlrect!y w1\h the L. S <br />Hurrall of Rcdam.lll.m The (ontr.lClS I,)r <br />early redarnallon projeCls werr dC\'l'led <br />alm",,1 enurdy w 1rng.lI10n_ Latcr PfllJ~ <br />,'Cb, like the C:(,I,'r3d,,-E'l1~ Th,'mpSJ..1O .md <br />rrYIn~p,m-:\rk;m~b IlT,)jetls, ,lls<'l '-t,'r\'cd <br />",'me mUlllclpal and mdtbln.l1 U"'..~ <br />Thc (nl"r,ld<.).Rlb Th"mpson rroJ~t1 <br />pwndcs up to 240.l\1t1 ,Iln>.fcei (lj water <br />Jnnuallv f,'r ,,'m,' t'>l.'lt1.0(\1 .!Crcs ,ll larm- <br />hmJ ,l1ld ll' lllle" ,md \\',ller dbtndS m <br />.....\cn n,)nt",.blcm Cole'rad" C,'unt1e~ Thc <br />Frymt;piln-Arkan-S<ls PWJClf supphl's waler <br />I,' famll'rs .md nlles In th,' Arkans..ls River <br />B;I~ln dd1\Tnng.m awr,I.l!.l' "f 74,Yt'2 a,rc- <br />r",'1 "t pr'l]Cct wal,'r i1nmlJ.lly <br />(lthn ..x,\mplc~ e,f l:- Bureau <br />"I Rcdam.lll'lll pr"lc'c!" In,'lud,' Ihe <br />Lnl','mp,lh.l!.rl" Pw!(','[ In the liunm~1n Rt\'n <br />Ba~m, .Illd thl' Grand \;ll1ev PWtt"Cl whICh <br />dl\'l'nS Willa Irom the" C,)lor,lJ" Rt\'er near <br />Grand IllnCl10n Thcs..' l\h) federal projects <br />currcntly tm.~,ltc ,lppfl>X1m.ltdy I 22.llOl.1 <br />,KfCS m \\CSIl"m (,'lorado <br />Th.: .-\spm.lll lnll "I the Ce'!,)radl) <br />Rlwr ";h1rJ~t' Pre'ICC! n,',H (illnmS-t..lfl <br />hdp_" th,' Cllh'rado Rt\'a upper ha,:;m <br />sl.ltrs ,C,'!nrad", 'l'W \kXlL(l. l'l,lh. ,md <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />CCLO.....OC F"ou...o..."o.... "0" w....[.. EOUC"'T 0.. <br />