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<br /> <br />OU2G74 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESOLUTION <br /> <br />WHEREAS Colorado's debt under the Rio Grande Compact has <br /> <br /> <br />increasEd yearly to approxlma tely 700,000 acre-feet and 1 t appears <br /> <br /> <br />that unless action Is taken to reduce such debt the other compact <br /> <br /> <br />&8tes will institute legal action to force compliance with the <br /> <br />compact, <br /> <br />AND WHEREAS the Bureau Of Reclamation has oompleted its <br /> <br /> <br />"Plan For Development of Closed Basin Division, San Luis Valley <br /> <br /> <br />Project" which, when operated 88 planned, should erase the <br /> <br /> <br />accumulated debt of Colorado under the Rio Grande Compact, <br /> <br /> <br />AND WHEREAS such plan provides that all construction and <br /> <br /> <br />operation costs wIll be borne by the United States and further <br /> <br />provides for stage development and perimeter observation wells for <br /> <br />regular measurement of ground water to insure that project <br /> <br />operation will not adversely affect irrigated lands in the San <br /> <br />Luis Valley, <br />AND WHEREAS with the safeguards provided in such plan and which <br /> <br />can and should be included in the legislation authorizing such <br /> <br /> <br />project, it appears that the approval of such plan would be in <br /> <br /> <br />the best interests of the people of the San Luis Valley, <br /> <br />NO~ THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directcrs of <br /> <br />the San Luis Valley Water Conservanoy District approves such <br /> <br /> <br />Bureau of, Reclamation Plan For Development of Closed Basin Drain <br /> <br />with the~jsafeguardS included therein Bnd with the understanding <br /> <br /> <br />that the authorizing legislation therefor will provide for a plan <br /> <br /> <br />of operation which will insure that no adverse effects on exist- <br /> <br />ing water uses will occur and that no right to the waters of the <br /> <br /> <br />Closed Basin or to demand continuation of importation of such <br /> <br />ground water into the Rio Grande River will accrue to the other <br /> <br /> <br />states or to the United States to the detriment of or against the <br /> <br />wishes of water Users in Colorado. <br /> <br />Adopted February l~. 1963. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~<:f <br />.. <br />'\ <br /> <br />