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ApPENDIX I ISSUES OF ALLOCATIONS; RECONCILING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND 'j' W.B. LORD BOULDER, CO Consumptive water uses throughout the basin are wasteful and inefficient. Much should be done to improve this situa- tion. Improving irrigation efficiency, through ditch lining, ete., can be useful, but far more important is getting rid of economically inefficient and environmentally damaging irrigation in the first place. Similarly, urban water conserva- tion can be useful, but discouraging urban growth in water-short areas is more fundamental. WAYNE MARCHANT CRD~LAS VEGAS, USEPA LAS VEGAS, NV Conservation and efficient water use, especially with . respect to agriculture, is the most important issue. JERRY MASON UTAH WILDLIFE FE:DERATION BRIGHAM CITY. UT Without a plan no one can manage. DAVID OSIAS ALLEN, MATKINS, L.ECK, GAMBLE & MALLORY SAN DIEGO, CA Focus should be on maximum utilization of the finite resources-promoting efficiency in consumptive and non- consumptive use; storage as a device to stretch availability; and ma.rketing/transfers as a tool for reallocation are central to future Colorado River management. LORI POTTER SIERRA CLUB LEGAL DEFENSE F'UND DENVER, CO Water Marketing - What mechanisms are needed to address the legal and legislative issues needed to get from here to there. What needs to happen to get past legal barriers? REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING FARMINGTON, NM Old irrigation policies (flood irrigation) almost impossible to change. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING SALT LAKE C rTY, UT Opportunities for voluntary participation in conservation efforts. Make conservation market driven. Farmers will do what is needed to make profits. It's not the pricing of the water but the pricing of the commodity. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING LAS VEGAS, NV Ground water management is an issue. Opportunities for conservation by the end users is an issue. Opportunities for surface water storage of Colorado River water is an issue. The definition of conservation itself is an issue. For exam- ple, is increased storage conservation as well as less demand' Impacts on groundwater from surface water management decisions. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING ONTARIO, CA Intrastate water marketing is also an issue. The issue is reservoir storage not simply groundwater storage. There is a need for a better institutional framework to look at better use, and have ability to move water. All bul- lets under this topic are very broad issues, except for "use it or lose it" bullet, which is very specific. Perhaps it would be valuable to have more specifics bullets here. It is important to continue the basic premise that any user/diverter should put water to beneficial and reason- able use. Opportunities for incentives for efficient water use. Opportunities for water reuse - problems /opportunities for. There is a responsibility of water diverter and the end user for efficient water use. REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER MEETING ROCK SPRINGS, WY "Use it or lose itl! is a negative statement. We don't see that philosophy here. We1ve never discussed water use in the lIuse it or lose it" phraseology. Don't know of any state or body that has gone out under this concept alone and done things. The idea was that under the compact, a state doesn't have to go out and build a lot of storage projects in order to protect their entitlement. Need to clarify the distinction of "use it or lose it" in rela- tion to the Compact and in relation to state water rights. There will always be concerns of transfers. Utah can do what it wants with its water, but their actions affects the whole upper basin. Any interstate transfer proposals should be shared openly. Something wrong using an agricultural water rights for non-ag purposes in California, can't do that in Wyoming. Consistency in application of state water laws. HAL SIMPSON DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES DENVER, CO Urban water conservation opportunities.