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    Water Supply Protection
    The Water Supply Protection Section is responsible for helping to maintain the State’s ability to utilize and develop its entitlements under interstate compacts and equitable apportionment decrees in accordance with state water law.
     
    The section achieves this through participation in or in coordination with the governing bodies of the 9 interstate compacts and 2 equitable apportionment decrees it is party to.  The staff is also involved in the Colorado River Salinity Control Program, 4 programs that deal with endangered species' water needs, the settlement of federal reserved water rights and advising the Water Courts on Recreational In-Channel Diversion (RICD) water right applications.