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COLORADO RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT STUDY: FINAL REPORT ISSUES OF ALLOCATIONS: RECONCILlN'i SUPPLY WITH DEMAND BUREAU OF RECLAMATION MEETING PHOENIX, AZ Uncertainty of adjudication of federal water rights. The fact that we've priced the water in Al beyond the ability of irrigators to pay. General adjudication: Ped water rights issues on table, still face number of years of uncertainty. State attempts to regulate water use by establishing AMAs (active management areas). See these sprouting up in sev- eral basins. Prior appropriation won't go out the window, but we will make concrete the rules for transfer. BRIAN CLUER NATIONAL PARK SE:RVICE, WATER RESOURCES DIVISION FT. COLLiNS, CO Without population control, there will continue to be pressure on water resources. The only alternative is to develop conservation strategies with incentives and rewards for using less water. Por this idea to have any effect, people are going to have to learn to live in their environments rather than modifying them, ie. fountains in deserts, bluegrass in deserts, etc. WAYNE. COOK UPPER COLORADO RIveR LAKE COMMISSION CITY, UT Water Market Huckstering (1) Fostered by greed rather than viable solutions (2) Looked to because it's cheap rather than realistic (3) Diverts attention away from useful and necessary planning activities (4) Develops unrealistic expectations among some while destroying willingness to cooperate among others (5) Unhealthy setting in which to attempt to discover regional or Basin-wide solutions. DONAL.D K. FREVERT J CRAIG PHILLIPS BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DENVER, co Identifying flexibility within existing project authorization to more equitably serve an expanded range of functions, State legislative initiatives with the objective of revising state law to accommodate increased efficiencies of water use. ELIZABETH GARDENER DENVER WATER DENVER, CO Conservation/Coordination. If downstream states are more efficient in their water use there will be more water avail- able to us to keep in Colorado. AMOS JOHNSON DEPT OF WATER RESOURCE; NAVAJO NATION FORT DEFIANCE, AZ Interstate and inter-basin water marketing is a critical issue to the Navajo Nation. MIK~ COWAN WES:TERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION GOLDEN, CO Suggest adding the following examples: - public and private incentives to conserve and preserve water resources. - definition of surplus and shortage conditions. - allocation of surplus and shortage in water supply. - opportunities for re-use of water. CH~IS GEHLKER SIERRA CLUB, GRAND CANYON CHAPTER PH0ENIX, AZ The current legal/institutional framework encourages ineffi- ciency in the use of water. Reform of this system is an importanl goal. MAiUREEN GEORGE LAKE HAVASU CITY LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ Is there an economlcally feasible way to make recharge in Central AZ available to river communities? DAVID GUY CAuFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDE:RATION SACRAMENTO, CA T11:e conservation and transfer of water, particularly agricul- tutal water, is an essential issue to management within the C010rado River for all parties. This issue is closely related to ifssue No.3 involving the institutional framework, since they are both essential for adequate management of the Colorado River. JC)HN HAMILL COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM, USFWS DENVER, CO Iri.terstate water sales and transfers. i E!. RICHARD HART I*STITUTE OF' THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST SEATTLE, WA T,he Southwest is notorious for lagging distantly behind in establishing conservation programs and opportunities. ~AM HYDE .l\MERICAN RIVERS ffHOENIX, AZ q)pportunities for conservation/efficient water use are need- dd to provide the flexibility - both institutionally and witn- i~ the given constraint of a finite resource under huge qfemand - that we now lack. Clearly the basins growth and demand for water will eventually exceed the supply avail- able, unless we constantly work to identify and implement ~reative solutions to the growing problem. Removing barri- ers to efficient water use will allow implementation of more loglcal means of matching supply to demand.