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<br />As a result of transfers becoming more reallocational in <br />nature, it may be necessary for different kinds of transfers to <br />be considered under different criteria. For example, issues may <br />differ between an interbasin transfer, such as from the Colorado <br />Basin to the Front Range, and an intrabasin transfer, such as <br />from the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District to the <br />Denver metropolitan area. These transfers, and their impacts, <br />usually cross political boundaries: counties, cities, water <br />service organizations, water divisions, other political entities. <br /> <br />Legislation to address out-of-basin transfer issues might <br />overlap with existing laws and regulations, such as water <br />management practices and land use. Any laws developed to <br />regulate transfers or their effects will have to be crafted to <br />dovetail with priorities already established by these laws and <br />regulations. <br /> <br />These characteristics have thrown many water management <br />decisions away from simply allocating unappropriated water to <br />reallocating water currently in use. This has added to the <br />complexity of water transfers in that very often the existing use <br />creates benefits to third parties that are difficult to consider <br />under current law. <br /> <br />. . . <br />. ',::' ....-,.. .:: <br />Questions: In what way do the characteristics <br />of these . differentkindsof'.trans1:ersdj"ffer.?/. <br />. Are .the. differences/.suffic'ientto/meri"tidif-ifi <br /> <br />..;:~:;?tr~~~~1l2~~.~0i;;~~~~~0,~~~,;~~:i~~~;~~~ti;~; .... <br />......~a~~re .~~~:ws....andreqtii~fi6ri~;.~a1:tpverl~pi' <br /> <br />water allocation.. and lIIanagement? ... ean.~eype'i. <br />c::olllpiled and analyzed. for guidance? .. ...... <br /> <br />MANAGJ:NG COMPE'rJ:NG DEMANDS <br /> <br />colorado's water management system has developed as water <br />needs have evolved. Some of the newest needs have not yet been <br />incorporated into the management structure in a manner acceptable <br />to many of the people affected by management decisions. The <br />following is a description of the management structure as it <br />currently operates, the issues that it does address and the <br />issues it has yet to consider fully. <br /> <br />s <br />