BOARD00055 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 11/13/2006
• Description: IBCC Director's Report - Interbasin Compact Committee Annual Report to the House of Representatives Com. On Agriculture, Livestock, Natural Resources, and Senate Com. On Agriculture, Energy, Natural
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Section 2
Reports From Basin Roundtables

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. Growth In the headwaters region will present
chattenges in obtaining augmentation water for new
demands.

. Concerns over agr\culturallransfers and its impact on
rural economies are signfcant in the lower portion of
the basin downstream of Pueblo Reservoir.

. Concern over water quality and suitable drinking
water are key concerns in the lower basin,

. The success of two major projects is key 10 meeting
future water needs,

. The urban landscape is very importanllo the
economy and an Important component to quality of
life.

As part of SWSI Phase I and II, a gap analysis was
conducted for the Arkansas Basin. The greatest gap in
the Arkansas Basin is in northern EI Paso County, where
8,000 acre feet (aij of gap was identified as shown in
Figure 2.1, below. The SWSI report, in Executive
Summary Finding # 5. acknowledged that possible gaps
related to dependence on non-renewable groundwater
sources were oot addressed In the SWSll report,
Rather, renewable sources of water are needed to
replace the currenl100 percent reliance on non-tributary

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and designated basin groundwater, which substantially
increases the potential gap, perhaps as high as 20,000
ally' by 2030,
The Arkansas River Basin offers abundant opportunities
for water-based recreation: on the river and ils tributaries
as well as on numerous reservoirs, Fishing, boating,
kayaking, rafting, waler skiing, jet skiing, swimming,
sailing, sail boarding, and gold panning are all available.
as well as hiking, picnicking, camping, hunting, and
biking,

There are no ewes decreed inslream flow rights on the
mainslem of the Arkansas River. Via the Fry-Ark
Projecfs operating plan, a minimum flow of 66.0 cubic
feel per second (cfs) was established for the AOOinsas
River at Granite. which is the only legal minimum flow
requirement on the mainstem of the Arkansas. Water
exchanges are used as a management 1001 for municlpal
water supplies in the Arkansas Basin. A water exchange
is made by diverting water at one location in the river
system and replacing it with a like quantity of water at
another location, During an exchange. stream flow in the
reach between the two exchange locations is decreased
by the amount of the exchange.

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Figure 2-1 Summary of Gap Analysls'Of" Arkan.." Basin.

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