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<br />,:-.. v.;'.. <br /> <br />guidelines should be applied: (1) do not purchase entire basin augmentation needs <br />from a single geographic region to minimize impacts on revegetation of the area, <br />county tax base and agricultural dependent communities; (2) try to buy an entire <br />water right as much as possible to avoid minority shareholder problems; and (3) <br />attempt to purchase those systems or portions of systems that operate least <br />efficiently in terms of volumes of water used and agricultural productivity. <br />. Based on current estimates by the Division of Wildlife and Division of Parks and <br />Outdoor Recreation, average annual needs for recreation and wildlife water are: <br />no more than 3,000 acre feet for John Martin Reservoir; 8,000 acre feet for Great <br />Plains Reservoirs; and no more than 1,500 acre feet for Trinidad Reservoir. <br />Furthermore, the two divisions should continue to review their operations with <br />respect to their water supply needs in order to coordinate their water supplies <br />with those needed to provide replacement water. <br />. The Department of Natural Resources should review recommendations of <br />potential sources of permanent water supplies that can be utilized to conjunctively <br />serve recreation and wildlife needs, as well as provide options for storage or <br />operations of augmentation water to facilitate solutions to ground water pumping <br />depletions and report preferred alternatives to the full Arkansas River <br />Coordinating Committee for further consideration. <br />The committee was not able to reach consensus on a Water Acquisition Subcommittee <br />that "given the availability of water for purchase and/or short-term lease that the future interests <br />of the region and state would best be met by repaying Kansas with water deliveries." The board <br />and committee agreed to postpone discussions of whether the state should seek to repay Kansas <br />for past depletions in water, money or a combination of the two was until Kansas files its claim <br />for damages in November. At that time, Kansas will specify the amount and form of payment <br />it will seek in court. <br /> <br />nnn <br />