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<br />R>;;{~, <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />-IlL, j) <br />~ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />A-" ~..., <br /> <br />.,$.fl"I<:'..J _ <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />0" ,.,,, 1 <br />Ul~u_ <br /> <br />+/;. J ' <br />Lp.t,~ <br /> <br />-<0 <br /> <br />rocl ,,/, I, <br />cL~ <br /> <br />Increased compculion lor <br />Col0(3do Ri"cr "'aler has <br />promptc4Lb::~lCwbWlChl <br />major project 10 improve <br />CoIor1lOO'sabilitYlOpro~and <br />use its poroon orCoioraOO River <br />wala.^lthecentcroflhccompc- <br />titian is some IS miUio<! ~. <br />fcclOfwa1C1'UlaI3Jl/'luallyonSi. <br />nates ahoVf: L<< Ferry. <br />- <br />Thc19Z2ColonJdo <br />River Compa.:1 dj. <br />yjdes\lleOowof <br />the Colondo <br />River at Lee <br />Ferry. Arizona <br />belween Ihe <br />upper basin <br />SlaICS of Co\(). <br />raOO.NeW MeJ.. <br />ico, Utah and <br />Wyoming, and <br />u.:klwerb:lsin <br />SUIeS of Cali- <br />romi:a. Aritonll <br />3nd Nevada. A <br />wbsequentJe' <br />riesollaw\,in. <br />tctsute :!ogrec- <br />mcnlS:andc:ourt <br />~rlWtlv:tdi...ideSlhenOWl <br />~glbeSl.alCSintheupperalld <br />lower twins. <br />In _I yen. Califoni:l" <br />:lII11U3Iusch3sexcee4cdiUbuic <br />con>pact~mentlof4.4 <br />million atlC feeL C.1Iifomia', <br />over usc Iw hislOrically come <br />from Arizona', and Nenda', <br />un....ed.sl\;u"C..NowtllaIArizona <br />ll1IdN'evad.lh<>vc~gunU5inSI <br />begCO' share of their CoIoBdo <br />Rinf'n1el',viatheCentnlAri- <br />l:(lN.Project:mdOl.llamQM,t.he <br />1owe'r basin SUteS lu,veenlaed <br />;an en in whKh \heir romp;lCt <br />ap:x.-niooo:d "'Slcr 5\lpply will <br />not always S3lisfy \belf waler <br />""'- <br />lnadditionlOw31Udcm:lllds <br />bylhc~IC:S.lllerC==p'O~ <br />11~ ofCoIondo River ....:II.(:r for <br />\herecoveJY ofclllbngem1 fISh <br />:l!ldC1eanWs!erACtn:-authon- <br />Z3tionwn~ider.ltioos. <br />In Ihis new ""tuIIg. fulure <br />adn'l>nisu:ltion:ll\dm~"""nt <br />of 1M Co\or.ldO "~~r is coatil'lll- <br />:Ill)l:c,"gc~arn.nedb)t.hese'<('J\ <br />Sl.>LeS:Itl<l Lbc U.S. Bun:su of <br />Rt'Cbl1\:n'OII,Lbcprincl~entil)' <br />rcspons.blcforopc1.1l.Jonand <br />3dm.n;S1r.lUOlloft.henvcr. <br />Cnlor.lllo_h.1~lnl!lhcl~~1 <br /> <br />UI\dCVC!OpCO S/'Illft 01 cornpxl <br />cntitlemc:nt water, is very eon- <br />oemcd:Jt>;lUlprou:ctingitsabilJry <br />to us.c its cnlilkmenl of Colorado <br />Ri<ver water <br />while eoopet'- <br />Iline wilh <br />other slltU <br />Indaeen- <br />cies in t1c- <br />cis ions <br />lIboutlhefu. <br />IUI'C opcntion of <br />tberi<ver. <br />TheSUle h:ls begun <br /> <br />bCEf~ I] <br />;':':'~.-h".:".::':-:'~- <br /> <br />-Z' 'l-'\' '\" <br /> <br />,rado <br /> <br />on <MH.:.lining and org:.niring a <br />wide range of basic water reo <br />soun:e infonnation and tools. <br />The system will include coon- <br />putcrlOOlsde'lelopcdbytheU.s. <br />Bureau of ReclalTlatiOll to cum- <br />irccunentwalC:rusesandsu:nge <br />in Ihe cnl;<<: Colorado River <br />Basin ISWCU as tools deveJoped <br />IS par1 of CROSS to t1ctemUnc <br />Lhe amount of Co\ondO River <br />waler os<: in Colorado and to <br />evalllalct.hepotenlialfocllCW <br />wa!l:ru5eli.nCoIor3do. <br />The resull will be I computu- <br />\)aSI:d information $)'S1em !.hat <br />contains key inronnlUon th:1t <br />will enable state ....au:r policy <br />malr.en. administrators and Oth- <br />en 10 euminc potcntialoul- <br />comes when changes 10Colomdo <br />River policy or opcr.ltiom are <br />proposed. <br />CRDSSisajointunden;lkinl <br />of the ColOnWl Water Conser. <br />vation Board:ll>dthcCo\ondO <br />Division or WalCr Re:IQW'Ces. <br />Thc:sYSlemwiUbcavlWablCIO <br />bollllhe$c.1gcncies,aswcU;IiII <br />toa....idc<varicryor....Sluusers <br />"""""~ <br />Thc:oonsultingteamtlwis <br />de'lelopingCRDSSisbcadcdby <br />Riverside Technology, Inc~ of <br />FoI1Collinsaro includes Coil> <br />radoSweUnivenilyandW.W. <br />v.'heclerand Associ:1teS.A wech- <br />nicaladv-isorycorntni1tccolma- <br />jor Cokndo River water usen is <br />helping toguidc thep-ojel;L <br />Addilionalinfonn:uionofthe <br />CROSS is Ivailable from Stille's <br />Projt.ct.!-tsrugcr, Ross Bcthel. at <br />(303) 866-3441. CltL 308. <br /> <br /> <br />tte~lopmentoflll1inU:grnled <br />inronnatio<landanalysissys- <br />tt:rn---tbeCoJor.ldo River Deei- <br />siOa Support System (CROSS) <br />that wiU improve Colondo's <br />abilitYlOmalr.ebettcrdccisionS <br />about int=ta1C t;CII'J'Ipa:t policy. <br />W3\1Cfl'e$OUlt'C!lmanagctllCntand <br />.....a\Ct' rigbts adminisa-ation. The <br />S)"stan will t:Ike about four years <br />to d~veloP 3nd eMt lbout <br />SS,OCO.ooo. <br />The fVSlIWO)C1t'5 will focus <br /> <br />,".~ ..jlIf'......l~'. <br />~as discovered laying par- <br />tially-~ubmerged.by,water in <br />the ditch under the bridge, . <br />The Bennett Volunteer fin <br />Department was'c.i.l.ll"d in to <br />dam off the dJtch'and pump it <br />out so authoritit'5 cOuld prop- <br />erly inve~tigate the scene. <br />According to the County <br />Coroner's report. Moloney <br />bled to death after being &e- <br />\'erelvbeaten by her aS5ai1ant <br />H.irtan'sp~lhistorvlsfi1led <br />