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<br />1936] <br /> <br />.-"REA-Of-ORIGIN PROTECTION <br /> <br />537 <br /> <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In the c\"cn[ rhJ[ [he Secretary shall. plan \\:orks to import <br />'....alee into the Culor3do Riva sys.tem from sources outside th~ <br />natural dra.inage ;,lre:15 af the system. he: shall make provision fer <br />3dequ;].rc Jnd equitable protection oj the interests oj the States and <br />:.lre:lS of ongm. including :lSsist:lnce Irom funds specirled in this <br />Act to the end thar water supplies may be available for use in such <br />stares J.nd JreJ.5 of origin adequate to satisfy their ultimate require- <br />ments at pnces ro users nm adversely atfected by the c:c;pon:arion <br />of water co [he Culorado Ri\'er sys[em.~ <br /> <br />The in tent was to create a fund that could be used to provide water (Q <br />future users in exporting areas at a reasonable cosr!' <br />Colorado has taken an approach that requires a form of compen- <br />sation for certain transbasin diversions, A 1943 Colorado law requires <br />the diversion facilities for conservancy district projects taking water <br />out of the Colorado River basin to incorporate fe:llures that will pro- <br />tect present and future consumptive water uses in that basin. and that <br />will not increase the cost of thac water... The practical effecc of this <br />provision has been [0 cause the importing conservancy district to build_ <br />additional s[Orage reservoirs on the West Slope [0 provide "compensa. <br />tory storage" for use in that area." <br />Because of legislanon passed by the rural-dominated New York <br />State LegIslature limlling the ability of New York City [0 take land in <br />upstate counties for its water system unless full compensation is paid. <br />the city enacted a provision governing its approach in such mallers," <br />According to Sax: <br /> <br />In New York the COSt of divt:rsion is made even greater by a Sl:ltU. <br />tory proviSion which. In addition to allowing compensation [Q the <br />owners of riparian land. requires [hat the owner of any real estJ.te <br />taken by the city whIch has be~n directly or indirectly decreased in <br />value by the execution of any plans for addiuonal water supply by <br />th~ city shall ha....e [he nghr to recover damages for such decre:lse <br />in value. This proviSion guarantees compensation to nonriparians <br />who have made use of the nver, as well as [0 business and property <br />owners whose vaJu~s are diminished simply by the fact that the use <br />of the river IS aff~t.::tt:d..j.'} <br /> <br />..u C1!llTJ.do RIver Ba~1O Proj~r .~':L -j.] U.Sc. ~ i51](Jl (1982/. <br />-lS. .~~p~renlly, the De....dnrlTl<:Lll Fund .....a.. ne....er JlkqUoltely linanced. S,'(! le!;al Study :"in. 7 <br />tu.ora "Ole i. .11 lo.a ~l.x<<.ut'r. I"l..m~ III Imll!! ....al~r from rhe PJ':lnc ;\:orthv.e~t mID the C.Jl\lr:IJn <br />Ri~cr Ba.'>ln h.nc been P\'\IP()1lCJ \IH.i<:Ii1\\ld~ <br />J,., C,',() RF.\'.Sl\/" ~.~-..J.:i.\I~lt,\,IV1(,q73) <br />l~ \1J.':[)"!'1!'1e1\ H"",~. C,'r:-'-HII::~.\. \hrel:-. ClIld,.h"l" {,}r 1(1.'(1,:' U'"I.':''' C:"'{1,'/.'>..','.'iI/: L',II' <br />"_'r"I' ,r (.'I,'c,h,].'. ;".\luf;l ~<:','\II,:!,>l.L" L'c':ll.:r K~'e,H.:h I{.:p, '1 I :: :"" ,Ilc, ~ol~<) <br />~~ ~":;:-:l,I.",trJlI'" L-,'u..: ,'( '.'l" C'IL~ ,or' \,"\ y,'It.. ":'!..J...J. <) <br />.J.'l J. S \, \\0, 11101 l ,..... PI '.......,...\. ''''J 1-'("11.:) :\"X) , \,j.....~\ <br />