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<br />Chapter 3. (continued) <br /> <br />3.4. Water Acquisition Strategies for Interim and Long-term Instream <br /> <br />Flow Protections ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 <br />3.4.1. Generic Descriptions of Water Acquisition Strategies. .......... 3-10 <br />Appropriation of an Absolute Junior Water Right. ............ 3-10 <br />Appropriation of an Interim Water Right. ................. 3-10 <br />Appropriation of an Interim Absolute and Conditional Water <br /> <br />Right. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 <br />Acquisition of Existing Absolute Water Right. .............. 3-11 <br />Acquisition of Existing Conditional Water Right. ............ 3-11 <br />Non-federal Rights to Reservoir Storage. ................. 3-11 <br />Federal Reservoir Re-operation. ....................... 3-11 <br />Acquisition Salvage Water. .......................... 3-11 <br />3.4.2. Application of Water Acquisition Strategies to Colorado Rivers. 3-11 <br />3.4.2.1. Priority Strategies for Water Acquisition. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13 <br />3.4.3. Further Development of Instream Flow Issues. .............. 3-12 <br /> <br />Chapter 4. <br />CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> <br />4.1. Conclusions. ..........................................4-1 <br /> <br />4.2. Factors That Made Progress Difficult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 <br />4.2.1. Technical and Legal Complexity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 <br />4.2.2. Technical Uncertainties/Methodology Problem. ............... 4-1 <br />4.2.3. Diverse Jurisdictions and Perspectives. .................... 4-2 <br />4.2.4. History of Conflict. ................................. 4-2 <br />4.2.5. Problem Solving Confidence. .......................... 4-2 <br />4.2.6. Lack of Skill-Building Module. ........................ 4-2 <br /> <br />4.3. Factors That Assisted the Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 <br />4.3.1. The Prior RIP Process. ...... .~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 <br />4.3.2. Committment to the RIP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 <br />4.3.3. Committment to Avoid Adversarial Conflict Resolution. ......... 4-3 <br />4.3.4. Full Participation of the Stakeholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 <br />4.3.5. Agreement on Process Issues. ......................... 4-4 <br /> <br />4.4 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 <br />4.4.1. Prompt Action. .................................. 4-4 <br />4.4.2. Continuity of Future Process. ......................... 4-5 <br />4.4.3. Reinforcement of Internal Commitments. ................... 4-5 <br />