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David Getches: We have a changing target here when we are talking about priorities

We have a changing target here when we are talking about priorities. We have priorities based on time with water users. One of the things that is built into the water law doctrine we have for most of these rights is that they are transferable. Most of the water has already been spoken for. The way we get water for growing cities, the way we get water back in the streams is to reallocate it from the existing uses, and that is the challenge -- how to do that fairly and adequately within the existing system.

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