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<br />O~'~')~l <br />UU1.. . . <br /> <br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 State Centennial Building <br />1 J 1) Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866.3441 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLOR!\DO <br />o <br /> <br />Ruy Romel <br />CU'l"rnor <br /> <br />February 14, 1992 <br /> <br />DJI",d \\' \\,,111..1;'1 <br />Q,rf.'cl'JI <br /> <br />Senator Ted Strickland <br />President of the Senate <br />Colorado General Assembly <br />State Capitol <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />Representative Charles E. Berry <br />Speaker of the 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 Conservation Board has <br />prepared and herewith transmits to the Fifty-Eight General Assembly the following reports: <br /> <br />. An Analysis of Water Salvage <br />Issues ill Colorado <br /> <br />. Irrigation Water Salvage Issues <br />in the Grand Valley <br /> <br />Please note the distinction, as stated in the Analysis of Water Salvage Issues, between <br />"salvaged water," resulting from reductions in consumptive 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, the report found that efforts to produce <br />"saved water" impact 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 />