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<br />\D} oeveJ.OtJlI\el1L C1dU l.l!ltJl.elll~jlLC1L.l.Ull V.l.. l1'-n ""'t-''-LU <br /> <br />ting criteria for the BlUe Mesa UIlits; <br /> <br />Ic) dedication of storage in l<uedi, Green '1ount3in, <br /> <br />and other federal reservoirs to maintain flows and <br /> <br />temperature regimes under both average and critical <br /> <br />water flow conditions. The Bureau of Reclamation and <br /> <br /> <br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board should be reques- <br /> <br /> <br />ted to report on whether and how these reservoirs could <br /> <br /> <br />be operated as a system to provide flows while minimi- <br /> <br />zing impacts on future water use. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2. The second increment will consist of: <br /> <br />(a) the applicant will either (i) provide offsets, <br />(ii) fund purchase of senior water rights, or (iii) <br />dedicate a portion of its water right (direct flow or <br /> <br />storage or both) to maintain instream flows under <br /> <br />most adverse hydrologic conditions; <br /> <br />(0) lJurchase, lease, or exchange of senior \-Iater <br /> <br />rights by private parti~s; <br />(c) purchase, lease, or exchange of senior water <br /> <br />rights by state and federal agencies; <br /> <br />ld) ti,e Bureau of RecJ.anl~tioi, Sl10l11d !Je asked to <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />report on ',.;hether purch<'lse of rights to 750,000 af of <br /> <br />water in the upper basin (which represents one-half of <br /> <br />this nation's delivery obligation to the United States <br /> <br />of Mexico) would be more cost-effective tl,2n const:rllC- <br /> <br />tion and development of desalillatioll projects tllat are <br /> <br />proposed or under construction to meet water quality <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />10 <br />