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<br />.' <br /> <br />provide a significant source of tourist dollars. A thorough <br />analysis of any particular transfer should take these <br />beneficiaries into account. <br /> <br />In addition, quality requirements of different water uses <br />and the quality of their return flow may conflict. The <br />cumulative effect of agricultural salts and chemicals reduces <br />usability of instream flows. This water would have to treated to <br />bring it up to required standards for municipal and domestic use. <br />Untreated or partially treated return flow reduces the quality <br />and quantity of game fish, and may reduce the desirability of the <br />water for swimming and boating. <br /> <br />.,.. . - :"- '-" ' ,_.-.....:-. ".'. <br />Questions: Should water continue to bElused:,a~ <br />.. a tool to promote urban development? ...Rowmui:::h( <br />water should cities be able to acquire beyond < <br />. .theirctirrent needs? How much water di;) cities <br />. ........currently ..own? ."Al:"e..there, altEirnatbre institu,"-/ <br />... 'ti6nal mechanisms. toinstiredroug'htsuppUesfor. <br />cities? What does the public thinkab6ut cities <br />acquiring large amounts of water, perhaps to the <br />detriment of the pUblic's use of water for other <br />needs, such as recreation and agriculture? <br /> <br />Information needs: amountof.watEir currently <br />.owned by cities, water needed by cities..te'.,.. <br />pretect against draught conditions,alternative <br />.institutional/legal.mech~isms;availablEito... . <br />..cities....teprotei:::t. .againstdr()ugl1t..sho~g~s;'.;.....'.'...'.. <br />proj E!ctedgrowth_ofcitiE!sandresultinq~atEl~ . <br />.. needs fer various planninq'heriz-ons,.ijliater .... <br />needed forrecreatien bothctirr.entlyand': <br />prejected, water needed to suppart agricultUre, <br />water needed te maintain ecological integrity, <br />public .opinion on priorities en water use, <br />and ameunt and locatien .of ~ater to meet these <br />uses. <br /> <br />MOVING FROM APPROPRIATION TO REALLOCATION <br /> <br />Colerado's population and economy are grewing and with them, <br />demands en Celerade's water supply. At the same time, gaod dam <br />and reservoir sites are beceming scarcer, as is pelitical and <br />financialsuppert for their censtruction. These trends have led <br />to an increase in the purchase .of water rights to be transferred <br />te new locations and used in new ways. Frequently, these water <br />rights are agricultural water rights purchased by municipalities <br />for urban use. <br /> <br />4 <br />