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<br />CHAPTER III <br /> <br />RESOllRCES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Legal and Institutional Constraints <br /> <br />W <br />A <br />:.D <br />C"l <br /> <br />Water rights held by commercial users for the Glenwood sprin~s would <br />not be affected if the unit were developed. Reclamation would divert the <br />water only after its use by the commercial users, <br /> <br />The State of Colorado has informed the Bureau of Reclamation that <br />any water diverted from the cumulative flow of the Colorado River, in- <br />cluding water from the Glenwood and Dotsero springs, would require the <br />attainment of an appropriative right to such water, Furthermore, to <br />establish such an appropriative right, it would be necessary for Recla- <br />mation to show that the water would be put to beneficial lIse. ~eclama- <br />tion continues to attempt to find a private entity which would put the <br />saline water to beneficial use. <br /> <br />Because the flow of the Colorado River at Glenwood :lnd Dotsero <br />springs is entirely appropriated by those holding senior water rights, <br />any appropriative right granted to Reclamation to divert the saline <br />water would be conditional upon replacing that volume with other water. <br />Reclamation could obtain replacement water by several possible means, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />17 <br />