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<br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigations - Phase II Plan of Study <br />7/5/94 4:17 PM <br /> <br />Page 27 <br /> <br />Illustrate such arrangements via two or three hypothetical examples. <br /> <br />Discuss with key players to further flesh out issues and approaches. <br /> <br />Present the subject in an understandable manner <br /> <br />Five categories of issues will be focused upon: policy, institutional, <br />operational, socioeconomic and environmental. <br /> <br />Policy: What are the policy issues from the State, municipal and_ agricultural <br />perspectives? - <br /> <br />Institutional: What types of contractual agreements (limited term lease, <br />permanent easement, purchase-leaseback) can accommodate such <br />arrangements? What special problems exist for fashioning agreements for <br />infrequent events? What special problems may be posed with regard to ditch <br />company bylaws? Can such arrangements be done with individual <br />shareholders within a ditch company vs. with the company as a whole. How <br />to deal with dissenting minority shareholder interests? <br />-- <br />From a water rights perspective, how should injury issues associated with <br />infrequent transfers of water be dealt with? What level of proof is needed? <br />Should water rights be brought through a full change proceeding or can <br />administrative methods (such as temporary substitute supply approval) be <br />used? Is there some legislative action needed which may facilitate <br />interruptible supply arrangements without compromising 3 rd party water rights <br />interests? <br /> <br />Operational' How can and should drought triggers be defined? What sort of <br />seasonal notification requirements should there be? How would interruptible <br />supply arrangements work in the case of various types of water rights/supply <br />systems? How to address return flow/ditch loss issues. <br /> <br />Socioeconomic- What are the basic cost categories associated with such <br />arrangements and what is generally known about these costs? How and to <br />what degree should 3 rd party effects be addressed and incorporated into such <br />arrangements? <br /> <br />Environmental' Generally speaking, what are the local and regional <br />environmental effects of such arrangements? <br /> <br />b) Approach <br />Compile ownership, supply and use data from SEO (water rights tabulations, <br />diversion records, straight line diagrams), USGS (county-level compilations), <br />NCWCD (base supply), Colorado Department of Agriculture (irrigated crop <br />acreages), CWCB/CWRPDA (basin studies), individual sub-basin water userso(ownership issues). Present compiled monthly data in terms of average, 1-in- <br />