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<br />. <br /> <br />Rio Grande Basin <br /> <br />South Platte River Basin <br /> <br />Yampa/White River Basins <br /> <br />Task 8 - Water Supplies Available for Development in Each Basin <br /> <br />Utilizing information developed in Tasks 4 and 7 augmented by additional analyses in <br />this task, estimate the amounts of water that may be physically and legally available for <br />development in each basin. Special consideration will be given to any waters that remain <br />undeveloped under interstate compacts and U.S. Supreme Court decrees. The work in this <br />task may be done on a parallel track with the work in Task 9. <br /> <br />The frequency and magnitude of droughts will be examined in light of existing studies as <br />well as any recommendations for revisions to drought forecasts based upon recent <br />experience in Colorado. Various levels of drought protection will be recommended for <br />different tvoes of water use. <br /> <br />Decision support systems developed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources should be utilized in this task to the maximum <br />extent possible. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />8a. Review the existing hydrology, water rights tabulations and water use in each <br />river basin to include CWCB instream flows. Conditional water rights will be <br />included with an estimate of the likelihood ofmaior conditional rights actual1vbeing <br />perfected. <br /> <br />8b. Review interstate compacts, U.S. Supreme Court decrees and any interstate <br />agreements to which Colorado is a party and estimate the effect on available water <br />supplies. <br /> <br />8c. Examine the frequency and magnitude of droughts in each basin. <br /> <br />8d. Develop a methodology for estimating available water supplies with and without <br />new or expanded trans-basin diversions, <br /> <br />8e. Estimate available water supplies using the methodology developed in 8d. <br /> <br />Task 9 - Existing and Proiected Water Demands in Each Basin <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Describe existing water demands in each basin and estimate a range of future water <br />demands for all potential uses to include agricultural, municipal, industrial, <br />environmental and recreational purposes. Various methods for water demand projections <br />including alternative future scenarios will be reviewed with a recommendation for the <br /> <br />9 <br />