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<br />.. OUl4JO <br /> <br />_'l;he_list_of _t9.ol,,_outlined above omits_any reference to several <br /> <br />__________ __ ______.._________ .________. n. _. ._____.__ ._ ____ <br />, _ Fidely ,recog"iz~d,_ but, rel_a,tively_ Ilarrow legal_:!.s,sues concerning __ <br /> <br />water in Colorado. The omission is intentional, and these issues are <br /> <br />treated in a separate section of the water study. These water issues <br /> <br />generally deal with a series of narrower problems concerning the tradi- <br /> <br />tional rights of water users in the priority system. Thus the long- <br /> <br />standing problems as to whether and to what extent wells should be <br /> <br />curtailed for the benefit of surface diverters is not an issue of <br /> <br />allocation of water as between different types of water users or <br /> <br />between different geographic regions, but is a tug of war between irri- <br /> <br />gators in the same basin. From a state-wide point of view, there is <br /> <br />probably little difference in the social, economic and environmental <br /> <br />consequences of water allocation to a well owner, as opposed to a <br /> <br />surface diverter when both grow the same crop in the same region, <br /> <br />Although these relatively narrow legal issues do not fit into the <br /> <br />general rubric of the water study, they are'significant issues of <br /> <br />importance to a large number of water users, Therefore, the water <br /> <br />study does include an analysis and/or discussion of several unrelated <br /> <br />water issuest <br /> <br />1. The plan for augmentation. This special study discusses the <br /> <br />origins, impacts, and implications of plans for augmentation, <br /> <br />as defined in the 1969 revisions to Colorado water law. The <br /> <br />study examines some of the problems of conjunctive management <br /> <br />and the respective rights of surface diverters and tributary wells. <br /> <br />28 <br />