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Colorado River Transfers and Exchanges

Water transfers involve moving water Seawater may be a viable water resourceresources from willing sellers to willing buyers. There are a variety of ways in which this can occur: interbasin, intrastate and interstate.

However, discussions of transfers and exchanges are still in the distant future. Examples of both short- and long-term augmentation and transfers and exchanges include:

Transfer of Conserved or Tribal Water

This option includes water conserved through a verifiable water conservation program or through fallowing agricultural land with a recent history of use. The conserved water could be leased with the terms and conditions to be negotiated at the time of the lease.