BOARD00031 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/20/2006
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

below McPhee Dam, and that flows were below the CWCB's decreed ISF amount. After the call was
placed, the Water Commissioner informed the two companies that to continue pumping, they need to
obtain a contract with the Dolores Water Conservancy District municipal/industrial water. .
Currently, three drilling companies have obtained such contracts with the District, preventing reduced
flows in this reach of the Dolores River. No decreed water rights were curtailed in response to this
call.

Fish Creek: On August 18, 2006, staff, on behalf of the Board, placed an administrative call for the
Board's Fish Creek instream flow water rights decreed for the reach ofFish Creek extending from the
Mt. Werner Pipeline to the confluence with the Yampa River in the following cases:

Case No. 79CW104A - 2 cfs - Appropriation date: 3/14/1979

The following are water rights that were acquired by the CWCB and changed to instream flow use:

Case No. 76W959F (Hoyle and Knight) - 2 cfs - Appropriation date: 5/14/1910
Case No. 76W959G (Hoyle and Knight) - I cfs - Appropriation date: 10/0 1/1927
Case No. 76W959H (Hoyle and Knight) - 1 cfs - Appropriation date: 5/01/1942
Case No. 76W591 (park City #2) -- 1 cfs - Appropriation date: 7/4/1963
Case No. 76W959J (Welch and Waters) - 2.1 cfs - Appropriation date: 8/01/1944

Staff became aware of flows dropping below the decreed ISF amount by virtue of the SMS Alert
System, which automatically notifies staff via cell phone and email when gages in the system indicate
flows below a threshold amount. After consultation with the Division Engineer for Water Division 6
and the CWCB Director, staff submitted a written request to the Division Engineer for administration
of the Fish Creek ISF. The DWR had informed staff that there were some undecreed and junior
diversions, mainly into ponds, that could be curtailed as a result of the call. In administering the call,
the Water Commissioner consulted with the Mt. Werner Water and Sanitation District. The District
volunteered to release approximately 3 cfs from Fish Creek Reservoir to provide replacement water to
the above-described pond diversions. Consequently, no diversions have been curtailed in response to
this call.

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Colorado River: On August 24, 2006, staff, on behalf of the Board, placed an administrative call for
the Board's Colorado River instream flow water rights decreed in Case No. 80CW447 for 90 cfs from
the confluence with the Windy Gap Project diversion to the confluence with Williams Fork River.
Staffwas alerted to low flow conditions by Division of Wildlife staff and the SMS Alert System. As
a result ofthe call, the Division Engineer and his staff required the Middle Park Water Conservancy
District to release 5 cfs from Lake Granby between 8/31/2006 and 9/3/2006. The flows in the reach
are currently still below the Board's ISF right and the water commissioner is currently evaluating
which water rights are in priority and will continue to work with staff on the status of the call.

Proposed ISF Recommendations for 2007: CWCB Staff has visited all of the the 2007 proposed
in stream flow recommendations with the exception of Beaver Creek in Moffat County. During these site
visits, staff has collected additional flow measurements, photographs and video of the stream, and has
performed further investigations of water rights and diversion activity as necessary. Staff has also met
with the Division Engineer and their staff and other interested parties in an attempt to address issues and
concerns. On September 27, 2006 staff will visit Beaver Creek and meet with Moffatt County
representatives and T. Wright Dickinson.

Brown Bag Presentation to CWCB Staff on ISF Program -- To provide the CWCB Staff an
opportunity to learn about the Instream Flow Program, the Stream and Lake Protection Section held a .
"Brown Bag" session on August 30th. There was impressive attendance from all sections of the agency,

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