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<br />~.....-...~- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />35070 <br /> <br />Federal Register I Vol. 46. No. 128 I Monday, July 6. 1981 I Notices <br /> <br />of the natural water supply. With <br />projected convenllonal use!. water <br />depletions will Increase to 37 percent of <br />the supply. A 3-million banel per day <br />synfuels Industry would deplete about 3 <br />percent of the supply; with this add8d to <br />conventional uses. the total depletions <br />would be over 40 percent of the Upper <br />Basin supply. As depletions increase. <br />the intensity of water management muSI <br />also increase since the implication is <br />that e~ry drop of water must be used <br />close 10 itl full potential. This <br />particularly lrue during the annual dry <br /> <br />season and periodiC droughts. which <br />may last several years. <br />Institutionally, the Colorado River <br />!lystem i!l complex. Synfuel!l <br />development will pose new challenges <br />10 the existing water managemenl <br />structure al alllevels-Intemationsl. <br />State/Federal. interstate, intrastale. and <br />local. lncreased coordination among the <br />varioU5 governIng bodies wlll be needed <br />to ensure thai tbe necessary water <br />management will be achieved. This <br />coordination should also extend to land <br />ma~agemenl agl!ndes. particularly <br /> <br />where UlM! of public: lands for energy <br />de\'elopment is involved.lndividual <br />State. can and should serve as a focal <br />point 10 strengthen planning. <br />coordination, and implementation of <br />water and land use management. <br />Interstate cooperation can be achie\'ed <br />through existing institulions. Individual <br />Stales can and should also maintain <br />liaison .....ith the development plans of <br />the synfuels industry as well as provide <br />for public awareness and discussion of <br />water management optiofUl. <br />lBDac.__'1looI.7~1;1:4.5_1 <br />.I~LMG COOl: 141_'411 <br />