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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8240.200.10.F.3
Description
Colorado River Threatened-Endangered - UCRBRIP - Program Organization-Mission - Section 7-PBO
State
CO
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Water Division
5
Date
2/20/2002
Author
DOI-FWS
Title
Section 7 Consultation-Sufficient Progress-Historic Projects Agreement-Recovery Action Plan - RIPRAP - Recovery Implementation Program - Endangered Fish Species - Upper Colorado River Basin - Draft
Water Supply Pro - Doc Type
Report/Study
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<br /> <br />liiJJJ,,~ <br /> <br />proceeding to change the nature or use of the water right, but this proceedmg IS sllIl <br />considered to be part of the "acqUIsition" 01 Ilow protection Except for acquisllion 01 <br />condlllonal water rights In Colorado, such water-rights acquisition also will resultm <br />physical alteratIOn of now canddions and will not Just protect e.lstlng conditions <br /> <br />Where flow protectIOn lflvolves filmy lor a new water nght, It IS placed under <br />"ApproPriate" With thiS mechAnism, the ownership of the water right IS established In <br />the first Instance, rather than being conveyed to a subsequent owner In Colorado, the <br />appropnallon of an instream water rightlOllows a struclured process developed by the <br />Colorado Water Consef\latlon Board (cwes)In 1997. The processJ)eglns With a <br />ServICe flow recommendahon, whICh is reviewed _bv tht OM/'d CWCS and the Colorado <br />O""slOn of Wildlife (CDOW) Then the OOIl,d ewcs issues a nollce of ,"tent 10 <br />aPPropn<lte, followed by theIr approval to appropriate Finally. the Attorney Geneml <br />must make a water COUrt filing to confirm the appropriation al'1l:!.to avoid postponement <br />of the appropnation's prionty date, It may talle trn-ee 3 to fowo:l years from the notice of <br />Il'1tentlo appropnate to obtain a decree from the water court. depending on the nature <br />of any litigatIOn over the fllrng In approDrlatiQn, the water right will have a relatively <br />JUllIor priority date lthe date tr.e Board CWeB ISSUed the notice of mtent to apprOpnale), <br />and only eXlSllng now conditions can be protected In most cases, Ihls process has <br />laclled support and thus proven to have limited use In the Recovery Program. <br />Therefore, the Recovery Progrilm adopled a programmatic biological opInIOn (PSQ) <br />approach on lhe Colorado River and \'ill! apply a SimIlar approach to other nvers (such <br />as the Yampa and Gunnison). R~vc~ Program participants antICIpate fhalthis <br />D'2C.esS~ilJ prove effective In protecllng Instream flows for the e~~!Klered fishes The <br />Recovery Program and ~-€OIO'll';O W1tler~rv1ttlol"l Oo,,!'d CWCB win reevaluate <br />the need for Instream-now filings frte 5 years aftor each PBO IS In place, <br /> <br />Ftows also may be prolected through the phySical alteratIOn olllow condlllons by <br />reoperaling a reservo" or other compontlnt 01 an e.lsl<ng or new water project ThiS <br />kind of now prolecllOn IS placed under "Deliver" In the Recovery Action Plans and Will <br />usually involve bolh a change 01 water fight ownership, including the lease of storage <br />water, and a change In the legal nature of the waler nghts (A management agreement <br />between Federal agenCies also may be involved, as 11"1 the case 01 the Aspinalt Unit~, <br />and compensation Will be required where storage water is already undercontracl.) <br /> <br />Ul.1n <br /> <br />legal protecllon of nows in Utah .....111 be achieved ditferently Ihan in Colorado Several <br />apprOAches can be taken under Utah .....ater law to protect Instream flows. ,"eluding' <br />1) acqUlnng eXisting waler nghts and filing change applicalions 10 provide 'or instream <br />flow purposes, 2) withdrawing unappropriated waters by governor's proclamation, <br />3) apprOVing presenlly riled anO future applications Subject 10 mimmum flow levels, and <br />4) With proper COrnpenS<lhon, prepanng and executing contracts and subordinating <br />diversions aSSOCIated With approved and perfected nghts Although current Utah water <br />law may 1"101 tully provide for all aspects 01 instream-flow protection, Utah does belJeve <br />lhey can prOlllde an adequate level of prOlecllon, <br /> <br />. <br />
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