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<br />~; <br /> <br />ftoo5n <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1) 13 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone, (JOJ) 866-]441 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />~ <br /> <br />February 14, 1992 <br /> <br />Roy Rome! <br />Governor <br />Dd"cl\\' \\.111..1:'! <br />D,reCTor <br /> <br />Senator Ted Strickland <br />Presidenl of the Senale <br />Colorado General Assembly <br />Stale Capilo1 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Representative Charles E. Berry <br />Speaker of Ihe House of Representatives <br />Colorado General Assembly <br />State Capitol <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br /> <br />In accordance with HB 91-1154 the Colorado Water Conservution Board has <br />prepared and herewith lransmits to Ihe Fifty-Eighl General Assembly the following reports: <br /> <br />. An Analysis of Water Salvage <br />Issues ill Colorado <br /> <br />. Irrigatioll Water Salvage Issues <br />in the Grand Valley <br /> <br />Please note the distinction, as stated in Ihe Analysis of Water Salvage Issues, between <br />"salvaged water," resulting from reductions in consumplive use, and "saved water," resulting <br />from reductions in historical diversions. The report concludes that opportunities to produce <br />"salvaged water" are limited in scope, particularly when impacts on wetlands and other <br />environmental values are considered, Further, Ihe report found that efforts to produce <br />"saved water" impacl return flows and raise difficult issues concerning protection of vested <br />water rights, compact apportionments, ownership of a water rights, and the nature of the <br />prior appropriation system, <br />