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• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

switched to its minimum flows in September, bringing flows down from 40 cfs (cubic feet per second) to
20 cfs.

Denver Water contributed to the problem by not releasing its normal amount at Williams Fork Reservoir, .
located near Parshall. According to Marc Waage, water resource engineer for Denver Water, Denver
Water was "balancing out" the system at the time, and releasing water out of Dillon Reservoir instead.

When Denver Water was made aware ofthe situation in September, it responded by releasing more water
out of Williams Fork Reservoir. This improved flows in the river below Parshall, but according to Marc
Waage, water resource engineer for Denver Water, the board is willing to take a closer look at what went
wrong in that particular situation.

Reclamation has agreed to set a time for a meeting to speak with all the entities involved. A date for a
meeting has not been set at this time.

Report Calls for Additional Storage For Snowmass: A new report by an independent water
engineering firm shows that during future dry years additional raw water storage facilities will be needed
in Snowmass Village. Officials with the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District (SWSD) expect to
release this report shortly.

Earlier this year, the SWSD contracted a Denver company, W. W. Wheeler and Associates, to analyze the
dry year water demand and yield ofthe district's water supplies.

The 30-page report will confirm numerous past studies and show that Snowmass Village presently has
more than adequate water rights to satisfy the resort's needs and homes. Historically, water has been so
plentiful locally that local consumers weren't metered until recent years.

While Snowmass draws most of its water from the natural springs that feed East Snowmass Creek, water
is pumped from Snowmass Creek when needs outstrip supply. Most of that pumped water is used for .
snowmaking during winter months when East Snowmass Creek and Snowmass Creek are in low flow
periods. The SWSD has made agreements that if they draw the creek below the 7 c.f.s (cubic feet per
second) level, then a series of emergency conditions will be put into effect throughout the district.

Vail Water Company Sues Denver Over High County Water Supplies, Trial Set For June 2007:
Earlier this year the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water
Authority filed a lawsuit against Denver Water.

Back in the 1 960s, the City and County of Denver filed for conditional water rights on the Western Slope,
including hundreds of thousands of acre-feet in the Vail Valley. The Eagle River Water & Sanitation
District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority wants them back.

Every six years, Denver has to go to water court and prove it's being diligent about developing its water
rights.

The lawsuit claims Denver Water hasn't done anything to develop its water rights. But because the water
judge who was assigned to hear the case died, the trial has been was pushed back to June 2007.

TV Sends Protest Letter on Roan Plateau Plan: On October 14, Trout Unlimited sent a letter
protesting the BLM's Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for the Roan Plateau. The text
of the letter can be found at htto:/ /www.cotrout.orglLinkPageslRoanPlateau/tabidl145/Default.aspx

CRWCD Annual Seminar Held: The Colorado River Water Conservation District held its annual
Seminar on September 15. This year's seminar was entitled "River of Shortages: Drought, Demand and .

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