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<br />( <br /> <br />(; <br />.. <br /> <br />diverted over time under a particular <br /> <br />absolute water right, the amount that <br /> <br />can be used under the changed water <br /> <br />right is limited by the amount actually <br /> <br />. diverted under the original right so <br /> <br />that the amount of water left in the <br /> <br />stream and the supply to other water <br /> <br />rights is not diminished by the change. <br /> <br />c. often much of what is diverted returns <br /> <br />to the stream unconsumed, and only that <br />which was historically consumed can be <br /> <br />consumptively used under the changed <br /> <br />water right, again so that the supply <br /> <br />to others is not affected. <br /> <br />4 . <br /> <br />A hypothetical standard to prevent injury <br /> <br />is required for changes of conditional <br /> <br />water rights since, definitionally, water <br /> <br />has not yet been put to use. <br /> <br />a. The "contemplated draft" standard for <br /> <br />changing conditional water rights was <br /> <br />reviewed in Twin Lakes. <br /> <br />1) Several municipali ties sought to <br /> <br />change the conditional decrees for <br /> <br />the Independence Pass Transmountain <br /> <br />Diversion System from irrigation to <br /> <br />municipal use, but without changing <br /> <br />13 <br />