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1-.r""I...... -... ... -~..:;;;J ~~ ';:l' ;;; 1lO1I::' A I .......OUR SER.....XCE ~ p _ 01 " 3489 03/11/93 1. SM 2. ~C8 FT LYON Attn: Steve Hiller, ewCB RE i't Lyon study steve, I went over the entire report sections that 1 have last and would offer the followin;: SPECIFIC Chapter 3. I do not see in the price comparillons of per share prices an adjustment to show the dollars paid not only PER SHARE, but far more :"importantlY; the dollars paid PER ACRE FT OF WATER. I i As far as the overall compilation of data on ~system and./ ,t water use, etc., the repo~t would appear to be '~~. ,,' AS far as the 'direction', I am very concerned that thy f implied direction is that'there is little hope for the valley future and they might as well sell the water. . Chapter 4, page 35. Several reports are cited, and the ~ v>~j Howe,Lago and Weber indicates ' NO LOSSES TO THE COLORADO ~.,.r> t<<' AGRICULTURAL OR GENERAL ECONOMY FROM PAST TRANSFER,S.' This ~~"~ was indicated to be a STATEWIDE study... tell Cro~ley county~O~~ that there is no loss from past: transfers.. ..whi 1e Cherry rr.JC/ Creek probably didn't feel it at all. The Taylor and Youn9 stUdy was cited as finding that the benefits to the URBAN AREAS were good...sure ~hey were...but where are the words about the lack of benefits to the rural area from whenee the water came? .1 Chapter 4, page 41. 'Weber'reports...selling of water shares , both necessary and desirable for many farmers'.... , ' :C<tl<-\hk;-~ chapter 5. Far more pag'es and emphasis on need for Denverd.~ 6C\.'..... 501) water 8upply than on possfbles for use in the valley. ~ ~ \ I would have hoped that ~he study could have FOCUSED on the '.'\. effects of water dry up: in the valley. Nothing was said ---\v--,,\about the effect of water aales on the ability of the Ia-~ remaining Ft LYon share holders to accomplish the repairs to ~ the huge system with few~r users...or if in fact, that such repairs could even be af~ordable with less users. ,Does the sale of part destroy the ability of the system to survive? GENERAL - Could some thot be ;iven to the social and enVironmenta~l ~ ll~~l\ aspects of the loss of the rural economy in the valley over. ' ,~, ~the long pull. Is it inevitable, or is it in the interest 0 ~ v--~ (!., colorado that whatever ex,ista be maintained as opposed to an ~/" ever expanding Oenver met.~'? comp ~ ex. ' , J .; " 1< '?JIll