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<br />I z"......."........., <br />~. .. <br />uo.................. <br />~ '.' '...... <br />~ ,..~........~ <br />~z <br /> <br />r..:.... .......1 <br />~ <br /> <br />Correct water issues <br /> <br />The untold story behind the sudden <br />1992 Black Tuesday firings of Col- <br />orado's State Engineer and Colorado <br />Water Conservation Board director <br />will provide the insights needed to . <br />correct Colorado's escalating water <br />management crisis. Coloradans can <br />uncover the essential facts by seek- <br />ing answers to the following basic <br />water management questions: <br />. Why has Colorado failed to <br />store its vast unused legal share of <br />the Colorado River and Aspinall Pool <br />for statewide drought and growth~ <br />. Why is the headwater state with <br />the most snowmelt and best high <br />storage sites drying up its farms, <br />aquifers and river environments, <br />while dependant down river states <br />are thriving on Colorado's water? <br />. Why does wetter Colorado have <br />the highest urban and rural water <br />user costs throughout the arid West? <br />. Why did Colorado's cities, <br />farms and river environments suffer <br />more shortages and restrictions than <br />down river states during the recent <br />regional drought~ <br />. Why have other western states <br />received substantially more federal <br />planning and financial aid for <br />statewide development of their re- <br />newable water entitlements? <br />. Why is Colorado the only west- <br />ern prior-appropriation state that re- <br />lies on basin oriented water courts <br />and local utilities for its strategic .. <br />statewide water planning and devel- <br />opment decisions? <br />. Why does Colorado require <br />more than 70 percent of our nation's <br />water lawyers? <br />I hope 2006 will provide answers to <br />these vital Colorad() water manage- <br />ment questions, for the benefit of <br />current and future generations. <br />DAVE MILlER <br />strategic water planner <br />Palmer Lake <br /> <br /> <br />(g. <br />o <br />o <br />N <br />aD <br />>- <br />a: <br />c <br />:::I <br />Z <br />C <br />... <br /> <br />:3 <br />:=: <br />~ <br />~~ <br />~o:~ <br />o , <br />b~~ <br />0':-,00 <br />~Cl <br />::::...::: I <br />_._::'T':l <br />--- <br />\~~?5 <br /> <br />~ <br />ic( <br />Q <br />en <br />a: <br />:::I <br />::c <br />t- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />