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DRAFT meeting resulted in a five point resolution, one of which endorsed the concept of "compensatory storage": Fourth, endorsement of the general principle that every transmountain diversion project out of the Colorado River basin, other than domestic projects of municipalities, shall. include as an essential part of the project construction of a compensatory re.ervoir on the Western Slope of sufficient capacity to hold an amount of water equal to the amount to be annually diverted unless some compen- sating reservoirs have been previously built.55 Several points are worth noting. First, the diversions requiring compensatory storage would be only those from the Colorado. River basin. Second, "domestic projects of municipal ities" were excluded. Third, the compensatory storage was to be in an amount equal to the amount diverted. In the negotiations regarding construction of what came to be known as the Colorado Big Thompson (CBT) Project that ensued over the following four years, the major issue was the amount of compensatory storage to be built. Although Colorado law presented no obstacle to transmountain diversions, the necessity to obtain federal funds greatly strengthened the bargaining position of the West Slope whose congressional representative was powerfully situated: At the time the foregoing developments occurred, one individual representing the West Slope assumed an outstanding role as protector of that area. Congressman 55From Rocky Mountain News, Hobbs, "Green Mounta in Reservoir: at Colorado Water Congress Annual p.G [hereinafter Hobbs]. September 28, 1933, quoted in Lock or Key?" paper presented Convention, Feb. 23-24, 1984, 23