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intended to be maintained primarily 6y releases from Green Mountain and Ruedi <br />Reservoirs. Blue Mesa Reservoir is being discussed as an additional source of <br />water if the supply from the other reservoirs is insufficient.. The instream <br />flow requirement at Westwater is still under study: It was therefore <br />considered premature to model releases from Blue Mesa Reservoir for this <br />purpose and this pote�tial demand on Gunnison Basin water was not modeled. <br />3.6 TREATMENT OF CONDITIONAL WATER RIGHTS DECREES <br />A large number of conditional water rights decrees have been adjudicated <br />in the Gunnison Basin. It is reasonable to assume that some of these decrees <br />will be perfected to some degree in the future, but that others will not. <br />Based on the future water demand forecasts developed during the study, on <br />discussions with members of the Technical Steering and Advisory Committees, <br />and on professional judgement> a list of conditional decrees to be included in <br />the model was developed. Omission of conditianal water rights from the list <br />carries no legal implication regarding those rights. In fact, there are many <br />reasons why a water supplier might legitimately maintain diligence on <br />conditional water rights in amounts greater than included in this study's <br />model. These reasons include but are not limited to the following: <br />o The water supplier may aot have confidence in the reliability or <br />longevity of its present water supply system.and may be considering <br />the implementatian of a new type of system. Furthermore, it may be <br />difficult to obtain changes in its present decrees to support the <br />new system. An example would be the conversion of a groundwater <br />system that is presently experiencing water quality or water table <br />drawdown problems to a surface water storage system. <br />o The water supplier could have conditional decrees that may prove <br />difficult to perfect in their present form but the possibility of <br />transferring them to some other project, other uses, or other <br />purpose may be feasible. <br />� <br />