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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />2. Minimum Streamflows <br />In the study area, minimum streamflow requirements can be imposed by two <br />different procedures. Colorado law now considers maintenance of millimum <br />streamflows for protection of the natural environment to be a beneficial <br />use, and the Colorado Water Conservation Board is authorized to acquire <br />or file for water rights for this purpose on their behalf or at the request <br />of other state agencies such as the Division of Wildlife, etc. In addition, <br />the U.S. Forest Service can, as a stipulation in issuing a Special Use <br />Permit for construction on Forest Service property, require that specified <br />minimum streamflows be maintained in any water course affected by the <br />development, while on government property. <br /> <br />Regulation of minimum streamflow through Special Use Permit stipulations <br />has not yet been exercised in the Blue River drainage, although it is <br />likely to occur in conjunction with proposed Denver Water Board pro- <br />jects. All development in the Blue River Valley lies within Forest <br />Service lands, and thus any minimum streamflow requirements would <br />generally be of benefit to users in the valley. These streamflows <br />could possible be affected by such regulations through a Special <br />Use Permit. <br /> <br />/ <br /> <br />3. Denver Water Board Projects <br />The Denver Board of Water Commissioners (DWB) has filed on extensive <br />amounts of western slope surface flows, with several proposed diversion <br />point in the Blue River drainage. Being part of the Roberts Tunnel <br />Collection System, those projects would directly affect the Blue River <br />area. <br /> <br />111-6 <br />