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<br />1135 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />5) Several cities in western Kansas are the recipients of <br />a major concentration of the Beef Industry, as it <br />migrates north from Texas where the water table is <br />dropping rapidly. <br /> <br />6) The agricultural users, perhaps to recharge wells or to <br />finish off crops, While agricultural users cannot pay <br />as much money for water as non-agricultural users, <br />they can pay more for water to finish a crop or keep <br />their wells from going dry than they could pay <br />otherwise. <br /> <br />B) State of Colorado <br /> <br />1) The State of Colorado has the possibility of losing a <br />lawsuit to the State of Kansas in which Kansas claims <br />that Colorado has been using approximately 150,000 acre <br />feet of ground water per year and has been reducing the <br />flows at the state line by about 50,000 to 100,000 acre <br />feet per year over the past 20 years. If Kansas is <br />successful in winning this lawsuit, Colorado may be in <br />the market to purchase water to supply this lawsuit <br />water. <br /> <br />2) The State of Colorado could make the Great Plains <br />Reservoir into a permanent pool. The Department of <br />Wildlife in Colorado has committed themselves to <br />putting in a state park if the water is available to <br />keep the water level in these lakes steady, and still <br />have enough water to flush the lakes to keep them at a <br />reasonable salt level. A purchase of 8,000 acre feet <br />to as high as 20,000 acre feet has been discussed on <br />this project. <br /> <br />C) The Denver Metropolitan Area <br /> <br />1) The Denver Metropolitan Area presently uses <br />approximately 380,000 acre feet of water per year. The <br />Environmental Impact Study (EIS) has projected the <br />water demand for the Denver Metropolitan Area to grow <br />to 703,000 acre feet of water by the year 2035. To <br />meet this demand, it would take three projects the size <br />of Two Forks, not even off the ground yet and the <br />projected cost there will be in excess of One Billion <br />Dollars. With these kinds of figures, the demand is <br />not going to be met unless water is purchased from the <br />eastern plains. <br /> <br />2) The Denver Water Board has developed water for <br />themselves and has developed water to be marketed to <br />the suburbs. Presently, they market raw water, or <br />untreated water, for .4735 dollars per 1,000 gallons. <br />They also market water outside their city boundaries <br />through a master meter at a wholesale charge at $1.24 <br />per 1,000 gallons. The rate outside the city for <br /> <br />-2- <br />