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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />tuting "a physical demonstration of the design, construction and <br /> <br />operational aspects of diversion facilities required by subpara-. <br />graph IV."87 <br /> <br />Negotiations ensued between the Municipal Subdistrict and <br /> <br />the Colorado River Water Conservation District (River District) <br /> <br />beginning in December, 1979. <br /> <br />John Sayre provides an excellent <br /> <br />account of these negotiations, di scussing the concerns of the <br /> <br />various West Slope interests and the settlements eventually <br /> <br />reached to satisfy these concerns.88 <br /> <br />To summarize briefly, <br /> <br />concerns about possible increases in sal ini ty were addressed by <br /> <br />paying Grand County $25,000 to conduct salinity studies; concerns <br /> <br />by the Town of Hot Sulphur Springs about its water supply and <br /> <br />sewage systems were met by payments of $150,000 for improvements <br /> <br />to its water treatment facility and $270,000 for improvements in <br /> <br /> <br />its waste wat~r treatment facility; concerns by ranchers about <br /> <br />possible adverse effects on diversions of senior downstream <br /> <br />rights broug ht a guarantee tha t the Subd i str ict would bui Id any <br /> <br />additional facilities that might be needed; concerns by the <br /> <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Colorado Division of <br /> <br />Wildlife regarding potential adverse impacts on fish were <br /> <br />addressed by guaranteeing certain minimum streamflows below the <br /> <br />reservoir site and donating $550,000 to FWS for work to protect <br /> <br />87rd. at 358 and 85. <br /> <br />88See supra note 83. See also "Agreement Concerning the <br />Windy Gap project and the AzLii:'e Reservoir and Power project" <br />(April 30, 1980) and "Supplement to Agreement of April 30, 1980" <br />(March 29, 1985). <br /> <br />34 <br />