Wiener, John D., authorU.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, publisher2020-06-012020-06-012006-10https://hdl.handle.net/10217/207291Presented at Ground water and surface water under stress: competition, interaction, solutions: a USCID water management conference on October 25-28, 2006 in Boise, Idaho.Integrated water management in the Bear New forms of water transfer are beginning to appear, after decades of calls for increased flexibility in allocation as well as reduction of impacts from the traditional Western practice of "buy-and-dry" - moving water from farming to cities by ending irrigation forever on subject lands. Colorado's interest in improved water transfers increased with recent severe drought, continuing high growth rates of urban and ex-urban populations, and examination of needs for future water supply by the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI). Colorado does not want a state water plan, but has invested in improving water information and assessment of supply and demand. This study exposed potential shortfalls and may have accelerated competition for agricultural water. Colorado is experimenting with a water bank, but the first effort was severely limited in application and design, and normal agricultural innovation practices were not employed. Now, new forms are being developed in and out of the SWSI. The Statewide Water Supply Initiative "phase 2" technical roundtables narrowed several issues, including alternatives to "buy-and-dry". Three basic additional kinds of water transfers appear to meet demands, and a small set of principles for water transfers are recommended. This paper reviews the three forms and the principles, and the presentation will report preliminary results from further inquiry into potential problems from use of the more flexible transfer forms. Anticipation of problems is desirable to maximize the certainty and predictability of new transfer forms, in order to help make them attractive compared to "buy-and-dry", and to more accurately compare costs and benefits and their distribution.born digitalCD-ROMsproceedings (reports)engCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.Text