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<br />Colorado Water <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />I. Water: What Is It? ..................................................... page 4 <br />II. Water in Colorado History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 <br />ill. Colorado's Geographical Characteristics ................................... page 6 <br />IV. Colorado's Major River Basins ........................................... page 8 <br />V. Water and the Federal Government ....................................... page 10 <br />VI. Water and Colorado's Neighbors ......................................... page 14 <br />VII. Colorado Water Law.. ... . .... . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. .. page 16 <br />VIII. Water Quality Controls ................................................. page 18 <br />IX. Colorado Flood Plain Management ....................................... page 19 <br />X. Colorado Water Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20 <br />XI. Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 21 <br />XII. Colorado Water Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24 <br />XiiI. Water Administration Divisions ........................................... page 26 <br />XIV. Citizens' Choices and Conflicts .......................................... page 28 <br />Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 31 <br />Additional Resources .................................................. page 31 <br />Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32 <br />Charts. Illustrations, Maps <br />The Water Cycle ...................................................... page 4 <br />State Outflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 9 <br />Federal Departments and Agencies Concerned with Water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 11 <br />Colorado Water Use ................................................... page 21 <br />Trans-Mountain Diversions .............................................. page 23 <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. page 25 <br /> <br />.."" <br /> <br />,B <br />