BOARD00035 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 9/20/2006
• Description: IWM & D Section - Water Supply Reserve Account - Draft Criteria and Guidelines
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

1"

.

.

.

law, conflicts among M&I, agriculture, recreational, and environmental users
could intensify.
9. The ability of smaller, mral water providers and agricultural water users to
adequately address their existing and future water needs is significantly affected
by their financial abilities.
10. While SWSI evaluated water needs and solutions through 2030, very few M&I
providers have identified supplies beyond 2030. Beyond 2030, growing demands
may require more aggressive solutions.

SWSI Key Recommendations
I. Ongoing dialogue among all water interest is needed to help ensure wise
management of Colorado's water resources.
2. Track and support identified projects and processes as they playa critical role in
meeting Colorado's future M&I needs.
3. Develop a program to evaluate, quantify, and prioritize environmental and
recreational water enhancement goals.
4. Work toward consensus recommendations on funding mechanisms for
environmental and recreational enhancements.
5. Create a common understanding of future water supplies available for
development in each basin.
6. Develop implementation plans towards meeting future water supply needs both
for identified projects and processes and in areas where there are no identified
plans to meet future needs.
7. Assess potential new state roles in implementing solutions.
8. Develop requirements for standardized annual M&I water use data reporting.

Based on these findings and recommendations and dialogue among all water interests
CWCB identified three broad conclusions: 1) there is a need to help expedite the
implementation of water management projects for all water needs; 2) projects and
planning processes needed to meet Colorado's future water needs must address transfers
and development of water in a manner that meets multiple interests and needs; and 3)
there is strong desire for the state to provide financial assistance.

These criteria and guidelines were developed based on information that the Interbasin
Compact Committee (IBCC) and CWCB have learned from the SWSI and stakeholder
feedback obtained during that process, input from the Interbasin Compact Roundtables
(IBCRT), and infonnation from other important studies and programs that the CWCB has
implemented and administered over the years.

In 2005, to further the efforts of the S WSI and to address water development needs in
Colorado, the Colorado General Assembly passed the "Colorado Water for the 21 st

3

Final Draft

July 12, 2006
Rev. I July 17,2006; Rev.2 July 31,2006; Rev. 3 August 4,2006;
Rev. 4 August 9, 2006; Rev. 5 September 15,2006; Rev. 6 September 18,2006