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<br />CHAPTER 1 <br /> <br />PURPOSE AND NEED <br /> <br />adequate future water supplies; to improve fisheries and recrea- <br />tional opportunities, and to provide greater public access for <br />these activities. The authority has included development of <br />alternative B in its hydrologic modeling studies. <br /> <br />Several entities, some of which propose to divert water from the <br />Gunnison Basin and transfer it to the east slope of the Rocky <br />Mountains for purposes of municipal and industrial use, have <br />filed competing water rights applications for use of upper <br />Gunnison Basin water. Because these projects are still in the <br />conceptual stage, the impacts of their development cannot be <br />assessed. However, such diversions would be made in accordance <br />with Colorado Water Law--water would be diverted in priority <br />subject to the provision of adequate water supplies to senior <br />water rights within the Gunnison Basin. <br /> <br />1 -16 <br />