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<br />Act, shall be subject to the provisions of <br />the Colorado River Compact and the Boulder <br />Canyon Project Act, as amended; that any such <br />works or facilities shall be designed, <br />constructed and operated in such a manner <br />that the present appropriations of water, and <br />in addition thereto prospective uses of water <br />for irrigation and other beneficial <br />consumpt i ve-use purposes, i ncl ud ing consump- <br />tive uses for domestic, mining, and industri- <br />al purposes, within the natural basin of the <br />Colorado River in the State of Colorado, from <br />which water is exported, will not be impaired <br />nor increased in cost at the expense of the <br />water users within the said natural basin; <br />and that the facilities and other means for <br />the accompl ishment of said purpose shall be <br />incorporated in, and made a part of, any <br />project plans for the exportation of water <br />from said natural basin in Colorado.66 <br /> <br />Thus, that portion of the West Slope encompassing the Colorado <br /> <br />River basin is to be protected from certain adverse effects <br /> <br />connected with exportation of water by conservancy districts. In <br /> <br />particular, ex isting uses are not to be impaired or increased <br /> <br />in cost. <br /> <br />The same protection is accorded to "prospective uses <br /> <br />of water for irrigation and other beneficial consumptive-use <br /> <br />purposes." <br /> <br />The means of assuring these protections are to be <br /> <br />included in the plans for any transbasin diversion proposed by a <br /> <br />conservancy district. <br /> <br />Several points should be noted. <br /> <br />First, as has been stated, <br /> <br />these restrictions are limited only to diversions by conservancy <br /> <br />districts. <br /> <br />Thus, cities such as Denver, Colorado Springs, and <br /> <br />Aurora are not required to provide such protections. <br /> <br />Second, the <br /> <br />prospective uses of water that are protected are limited to <br /> <br />66Ch. 192, 1943 Colo. Sess. <br />Colo. Rev. Stat. 837-45-118(b) (IV) <br /> <br />Laws 635, <br />(1973) . <br /> <br />636, <br /> <br />codified <br /> <br />at <br /> <br />28 <br />