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<br />Metropolitan Water Supply Investigations - Phase II Plan of Study <br />8/16/94 5:04 PM <br /> <br />Page 27 <br /> <br />any real water supply potential to this source. If not, no need to proceed <br />further. Sources to be considered include agricultural, recreational/parks and <br />instream flow uses within the South Platte basin. <br /> <br />Examine alternative means of achieving voluntary shorHerm transfers of <br />existing water supplies. to meet municipal needs, without permanent <br />reallocation of water use. Examine the technical, institutional and economic <br />issues associated with interruptible supply arrangements. <br /> <br />Illustrate such arrangements via two or three hypothetical examples. <br /> <br />Discuss with key players to further flesh out issues and approaches. <br /> <br />Present the subject in an understandable manner <br /> <br />Five categories of issues will be focused upon: policy, institutional, <br />operational, socioeconomic and environmental. <br /> <br />Policy: What are the policy issues from the State, municipal and agricultural <br />perspectives? <br /> <br />Institutional: What types of contractual agreements (limited term lease, <br />permanent easement, purchase-leaseback) can accommodate such <br />arrangements? What special problems exist for fashioning agreements for <br />infrequent events? What special problems may be posed with regard to ditch <br />company bylaws? Can such arrangements be done with individual <br />shareholders within a ditch company vs. with the company as a whole. How <br />to deal with dissenting minority shareholder interests? <br /> <br />From a water rights perspective, how should injury issues associated with <br />infrequent transfers of water be dealt with? What level of proof is needed? <br />Should water rights be brought through a full change proceeding or can <br />administrative methods (such as temporary substitute supply approval) be <br />used? Is there some legislative action needed which may facilitate <br />interruptible supply arrangements without compromising 3nl party water rights <br />interests? <br /> <br />Operational' How can and should drought triggers be defmed? What sort of <br />seasonal notification requirements should there be? How would interruptible <br />supply arrangements work in the case of various types of water rights/supply <br />systems? How to address return flow/ditch loss issues. <br /> <br />Socioeconomic: What are the basic cost categories assoCiated with such <br />arrangements and what is generally known about these costs? How and to <br />what degree should 3 nl party effects be addressed and incorporated into such <br />arrangements? <br />