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<br />Chapter 3 - Identification and Analysis of Options <br /> <br />to users (0-1) and district-wide augmentation (0-2) respond to two different <br />needs and are not comparable. The remaining options have to do with a <br />prerequisite of the first two, which is the identification or development of the raw <br />water for domestic purposes, if the desire is to use existing Silt Project water. <br />The effectiveness of options 0-3 to 0-6 should be judged based on their capability <br />to find or develop excess water that could be allocated for domestic use. Some <br />general considerations should include the following: <br />. Some of the options for domestic water supply would be contrary to <br />recreation & endangered fish needs which seek to store and/or release more <br />water at Rifle Gap Reservoir. <br />. Existing Congressional authorization for the project and the Rifle Gap <br />storage decree (granted by the State) allow use of water for domestic <br />purposes. <br />. SWCO could become a rural water supplier; a new contract would be <br />needed between Reclamation and the SWCD to use project water for this <br />purpose. <br /> <br />Table 6 displays the options for improvement of Colorado River Diversion to the <br />Silt Pumping Plant. <br /> <br />18 <br />