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<br />14 <br /> <br />,:-, ,'I'"",' , <br />conflicts can be resolved and best decisions made. Scientific modeling <br />and information systems can provide the basis for this kind of mutually <br />beneficial decision-making. <br />1.7 Study Design <br />The general approach of thi s research project was to work to <br />integrate the expertise of Colorado water scientists and engineers with <br />the practical concerns of water admini strators and water right owners <br />and to make a critical analysis of the ways in which computer-assisted <br />technologies could be used to provide information that would lead to <br />better water decisions. The research team was selected to take advan- <br /> <br />tage of the researchers' capabilities and experience in several areas of <br />concern in the South Platte Basin, and to integrate their knowledge <br />about the demands for decision information and the supply of <br />technologies available to furnish it. The result was this report, <br />covering the concepts necessary to support new approaches to <br />decision-making, the information resources available and the <br />institutional developments which might enable the use of information <br />to improve decision-making. Since research and problem-solving are <br />continuous processes, thi s report shaul d be vi ewed as a pa rt, rather <br />than the end, of the research process. <br /> <br />Although this report is not a "final solution," the research team <br />sees it as a document which can serve as the starting point for very <br /> <br />significant practical action. <br /> <br />Every study must start with an <br /> <br />assumption. In this case the assumption is that operation of the basin <br />ill. be improved. This is not a slmplequestion, since the existing <br />system of checks and balances has evolved over many years and involves <br />substantial property rights and . powerful interest groups. The research <br />