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

reversion of the water to agricultural purposes under certain
conditions.
c. In the event that agricultural water is transferred, the transaction must
adequately address the need for maintaining the existing tax base,
protecting the remaining water rights in the area, and maintaining the
proper stewardship of the land including revegetation and weed
control.

6. Appropriate recognition should be given to preservation of flows necessary to
support recreational, hydroelectric and environmental needs concurrent with
development of water for beneficial consumptive uses.

7. Adverse economic, environmental, and social impacts of future water projects and
water transfers should be minimized; unavoidable adverse impacts must be
reasonably mitigated; all communities involved should commit themselves to
identifying and implementing reasonable mitigation measures as an integral part
of future water projects or transfers.

8. Future water supply solutions must benefit both the area of origin and the area of
use.

9. Water conservation measures that do not Injure other water rights should be
aggressively pursued.

10. There must be an ongoing, concerted effort to educate all Coloradans on the
importance of water, and the need to conserve, manage, and plan for the needs of
this and future generations.

IV. ROLES OF THE COMMITTEE

The mec will:

1. Provide a forum to develop and disseminate information, create a positive
environment for a statewide perspective, and develop a vision for statewide water
negotiations;
2. Serve as a forum for discussing and addressing the socio-economic, recreation
and environmental impacts of water development and management, as well as
potential impacts on the ability of the state to use its entitlements and meet its
Interstate Compact requirements.
3. Assist in finding resources to enable Roundtables to develop basin-wide visions;
4. Encourage development of a common technical platform upon which negotiations
can be based;
5. Guide the process of negotiating interbasin compacts and other agreements by
providing a framework that creates incentives for successful deliberations,
agreements, and their implementation; and
6. Perform all other roles and functions of the mee identified in legislation.

mee Charter

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