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<br />OG1251 <br /> <br />In this new setting, future administration and management of the Colorado River <br />is continually being examined by the seven states and the D.S, Bureau of Reclamation, <br />the principal entity responsible for operation and administration of the river. <br />Colorado, having the largest undeveloped share of compact entitlement water, is <br />very concerned about protecting its ability to use its entitlement of Colorado River water <br />while cooperating with other states and agencies in decisions about the future operation <br />of the river, <br />Th~ state has begun the development of an integrated information and analysis <br />system "- the Colorado River Decision Support System (CRDSS) that will improve <br />Colorado's ability to make better decisions about interstate compact policy, water <br />resources management and water rights administration. The system will take about four <br />years to develop and cost about $ 8,000,000. <br />The first two years will focus on obtaining and organizing a wide range of basic <br />water resource information and tools, The system will include computer tools developed <br />by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to examine current water uses and storage in the <br />entire Colorado River Basin as well as tools developed as part of CRDSS to determine <br />the amount of Colorado River water use in Colorado and to evaluate the potential for <br />new water uses in Colorado, <br />The result will be a computer-based information system that contains key <br />information that will enable state water policymakers and administrators and others to <br />examine potential outcomes when changes to Colorado River policy or operations are <br />proposed. <br />CRDSS is a joint undertaking of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources. The system will be available to both these <br />agencies, as well as to a wide variety of water users and others. <br />The consulting team that is developing CRDSS is headed by Riverside <br />Technology, Inc" of Fort Collins and includes Colorado State University and W,W, <br />Wheeler and Associates, A technical advisory committee of major Colorado River water <br />users is helping to guide the project. <br />Additional information on the CRDSS is available from State's Project Manager, <br />Ross Bethel, at (303) 866-3441, ext, 308, <br /> <br />### <br />