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<br /> <br />July 30, 1981 <br /> <br />r- <br /> <br />~~!@JfJ[(f/J;& <br /> <br />t:.j C 011981 W <br />. ()"" <br />CON~~ORADO lA, <br />..R!'/ii' 'vA'eR <br />ION BOARD <br /> <br />olorado <br />open <br />space <br />council <br /> <br />2239 E. CUl1i:iX Ave. Denver, CO 80:t06 <br /> <br />393-ll466 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Columbine Buildin9 <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />Re: Federal Assistance and Policies <br />For Colorado Water ProJects <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />On the agenda for your August 5th meeting is consideration of <br />pending federal legislative proposals which are likely to have profound <br />impact on water development in this state. This letter is written to <br />inform you of recommendations which we recently forwarded to Congress <br />and the Administration, as well as to Governor Lamm. We hope you will <br />be good enough to have the Board review these 'eroposals and include <br />them as part of your record. ~ <br /> <br />I shall be unable to attend your meeting, but we are hopeful that <br />Mr. Robert M. Weaver will be able to attend and respond to any questions <br />which you may have. <br /> <br />The recommendations are as follows: <br /> <br />1. Coordinated planning and consolidation of projects - <br />Concurrent but separate development of numerous water projects, planned <br />to meet the needs of many different energy. agricultural and domestic <br />demands, will only serve to complicate planning and foster more conflicts <br />between water users. When planned separately, each project is likely <br />to be larger, more costly, and more environmentally destructive than <br />is necessary. Consolidation of these projects would result in effi- <br />ciencies through sharing of planning and development costs, development <br />of multi-purpose projects, and reduction of the cumulative environ- <br />. mental impacts which otherwise would occur. <br /> <br />In this connection we wish to stress that the cost of water <br />development is such a small portion of the overall cost of shale <br />production that the proponents, to be sure penny-pinching on a small cost <br />element does not create an enormous bottleneck later on, generally <br />desire and plan for more water than they are likely to need. Co- <br />ordination of water planning for the shale industry as a whole should <br />reduce this overage, the costs, and the environmental damage. <br /> <br />'~an belongs to earth, not earth to ma~' <br /> <br />i <br />~ <br />