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<br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />if they merely fill <br />'- <br /> <br />the water de~eloped <br /> <br />and spill pending a consumptive use for <br />. , <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />by a pro jec.t. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />(6) Development in downstream states in the Platte River <br /> <br />and Lower Colorado River Basins is proceeding and is <br /> <br />utilizing, as provided for by compact, Colorado's currently <br /> <br />unused entitlements. <br /> <br />(7) The long-standing controversy regarding compensation <br /> <br />to western Colorado for transmountain diversions to the <br /> <br />east slope remains unresolved in the eyes of some. <br /> <br />(8) Federal environmental laws and regulatory programs, <br /> <br />and increased public concerns for the mitigation of project <br /> <br />impacts, add substantial amounts to the cost of project <br /> <br />planning and construction. <br /> <br />(9) Water storage projects yield opportunities for <br /> <br />water based recreation which, as a practical matter, is <br /> <br />available to the general public. <br /> <br />(10) Competing demand for instream uses of the State's <br /> <br />water resources likely to intensify in the years ahead. <br /> <br />(11) Existing water delivery systems and storage <br /> <br />reservoirs. especially those in the irrigation agriculture <br /> <br />.1 <br /> <br />sector. 'will require substantial'repair~ in the year ahead <br /> <br />if we are to avoid the loss of already. developed water <br /> <br />supplies. <br /> <br />(12) Existing municipal and agricultural water systems <br /> <br />whose yield does not provide the degree of protection <br />against drought which is thought to be desirable and <br /> <br />-7- <br />